Hayfield, Minnesota
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Hayfield is a city in Dodge County
Dodge County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,731 people, 6,420 households, and 4,853 families residing in the county. The population density was 40 people per square mile . There were 6,642 housing units at an average density of 15 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 1,340 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 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), all of it land.

Transportation

Minnesota State Highways 30
Minnesota State Highway 30
Minnesota State Highway 30 is a highway in southwest and southeast Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 34 at the South Dakota state line near Airlie and Pipestone, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota Highway 43 in Rushford.Highway 30 is in...

 and 56
Minnesota State Highway 56
Minnesota State Highway 56 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 63 near the Iowa state line and Chester, Iowa, and continues north to its northern terminus at its junction with U.S...

 are two of the main routes in the community.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 1,325 people, 496 households, and 329 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,049.6 people per square mile (406.0/km²). There were 519 housing units at an average density of 411.1 per square mile (159.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.28% White, 0.23% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.53% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 0.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.26% of the population.

There were 496 households out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,214, and the median income for a family was $47,981. Males had a median income of $29,293 versus $24,135 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $17,201. About 1.2% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.
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