Guide to Westport Minnesota

Westport (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2008
(est)

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

53.19

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.30

0.25

0.28

-0.00

-0.09

Density (persons per sq. mile)

216.67

200.00

167.86

257.37

89.51

53.32

Housing Units

31.58

Households

76.92

Persons Per Household

3.13

3.62

3.13

2.76

-0.49

-13.43

Westport is a city in Pope County, Minnesota. Minnesota Highway 28 serves as a main route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²), all of it land. The elevation is 1,332 ft (406 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 72 people, 23 households, and 18 families residing in the city. The population density was 257.4 people per square mile (99.3/km²). There were 25 housing units at an average density of 89.4/sq mi (34.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White.

There were 23 households out of which 47.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.4% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.13 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the city the population was spread out with 31.9% under the age of 18, 15.3% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 13.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 80.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,438, and the median income for a family was $38,750. Males had a median income of $22,188 versus $19,688 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,501. There were no families and 4.3% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 33.3% of those over 64.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

WESTPORT Township and its city in sections 14 and 23, which was incorporated as a village on March 13, 1926, have a name that is borne by townships and villages in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, and ten other states. The city was first platted in 1866 by D. M. Durkey on the northeast bank of Lake Westport, where he built a log two-story way station for travelers on the Red River trail; the city was replatted in October 1882; growth of the village was encouraged when the Little Falls and Dakota Railroad came through. The post office began as Belcher, 1883-88, changing its name in 1888, and serving as a rural branch, 1966-1970.

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