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Population (year 2000): 315. Estimated
population in July 2005: 285 (-9.5% change)
Males: 153 (48.6%), Females: 162 (51.4%)
Itasca County
Zip code:
55786
Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $30,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $40,400 (year 2000)
Races in Taconite:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.9%)
- Two or more races (3.2%)
- American Indian (2.5%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (21.0%), Norwegian (15.2%),
Irish (14.0%), Swedish (11.7%), French Canadian (10.5%), French
(9.8%).
Elevation: 1390 feet
Land area: 4.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Taconite
- High school or higher: 92.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.3%
- Unemployed: 9.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Taconite city
- Never married: 21.9%
- Now married: 56.9%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 9.7%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +8 (+2.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Taconite:
- ITASCA MEMORIAL CENTER (about 13 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MN)
- NORTHERN ITASCA HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 29 miles;
BIGFORK, MN)
- UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER-MESABI (about 30 miles;
HIBBING, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Taconite:
- GRAND RAPIDS/ITASCA CO-GORDON NEWSTROM FLD (about 13
miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN; ID: GPZ)
- CHISHOLM-HIBBING (about 37 miles; HIBBING, MN; ID:
HIB)
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 84 miles; BRAINERD, MN;
ID: BRD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Taconite:
- HILL CITY-QUADNA MOUNTAIN (about 30 miles; HILL
CITY, MN; ID: 07Y)
- BIGFORK MUNI (about 37 miles; BIGFORK, MN; ID: FOZ)
- BOWSTRING (about 38 miles; BOWSTRING, MN; ID: 9Y0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Taconite:
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 87 miles;
BRAINERD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,364)
- LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 89 miles; DULUTH, MN;
FT enrollment: 2,512)
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 96 miles;
DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 8,224)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 98 miles;
SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
- NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 106
miles; BEMIDJI, MN; FT enrollment: 3,761)
- BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 106 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; FT enrollment: 3,562)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 134 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
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