Belview, Minnesota
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Belview is a city in Redwood County
Redwood County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,815 people, 6,674 households, and 4,524 families residing in the county. The population density was 19 people per square mile . There were 7,230 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile...

, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 384 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all of it land.

Belview lies at the intersection of County Roads 7 and 9:
  • County Road 7 runs north-south, connecting Belview with Sacred Heart
    Sacred Heart, Minnesota
    Sacred Heart is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 548 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.U.S...

     to the north and Seaforth
    Seaforth, Minnesota
    Seaforth is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 86 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land...

     to the south. Minnesota State Highways 19
    Minnesota State Highway 19
    Minnesota State Highway 19 is a highway in southwest and southeast Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 30 at the South Dakota state line near Ivanhoe and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S...

     and 67
    Minnesota State Highway 67
    Minnesota State Highway 67 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 75 in Oshkosh Township near Canby and continues east and southeast to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 68 in Morgan....

     lie a few miles south of Belview at an intersection with County Road 7.
  • County Road 9 runs east-west, connecting Belview with Delhi
    Delhi, Minnesota
    Delhi is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 70 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

     to the east and Echo
    Echo, Minnesota
    Echo is a city in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 278 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

     to the west.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 412 people, 155 households and 93 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 436.1 per square mile (169.2/km²). There were 170 housing units at an average density of 179.9 per square mile (69.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.06% White, 1.70% Asian, and 0.24% from two or more races.

There were 155 households of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 38.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 25.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 15.3% from 45 to 64, and 33.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.2 males.

The median income
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 for a household in the city was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $42,857. Males had a median income of $27,188 versus $22,500 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $16,105. None of the families and 3.1% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 6.7% of those over 64.
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