Guide to Arco Minnesota

Arco (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

2010-2020 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

121

104

100

+12

+16.00

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.70

0.72

0.65

0.64

0.29

-0.35

-54.69

Density (persons per sq. mile)

172.86

133.33

160.00

154.55

117.19

300.00

-182.81

+155.99

Housing Units

+5.88

Households

0.00

Persons Per Household

2.09

2.21

2.27

2.03

2.35

+0.32

+15.76

Arco is a city in Lincoln County, Minnesota. County Roads 7 and 15 are main routes in the community.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.36 square miles, of which 0.29 square miles is land and 0.07 square miles is water. The elevation is 1,677 feet (511 m).

As of the census of 2020, there were 87 people, 37 households, and 21 families residing in the city. The population density was 300.0 inhabitants per square mile. There were 54 housing units at an average density of 186.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 93.1% White, 0.0% African American, 0.0% Native American,0.0% Asian, 1.1% from other races, and 5.7% of 2 or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population.

There were 37 households of which 46.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.6% were married couples living together, 24.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 29.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.7% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 29.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.33.

The median age in the city was n/a years. 16.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.9% were from 25 to 44; 40.8% were from 45 to 64; and 26.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 42.3% male and 57.7% female.

The median household income was $53,558 The poverty rate was 11.6%. 5.4% of residents had a bachelors degree or higher. The median rent was n/a and 94.6% owned their homes. The average value of a housing unit was n/a.

From The US Census Bureau, 2020 data

ARCO, a city in section 31 and 32 of Lake Stay Township, was platted in 1900 as Arcola and first incorporated under that name in June 30, 1903, being named by the Chicago and North Western Railway officials for the ancient city of Arcola in Italy; the name was later shortened to avoid confusion with a railway station named Arcola in Washington County, and the city was reincorporated July 28, 1903. Its post office began in 1900 in the general store of postmaster Christian Larsen; it had a station of the Minnesota and South Dakota Railway.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

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Size
(acres)

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Dead Coon

569

Slough

162

n/a

Stay

221

n/a


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