Beardsley, Minnesota
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Beardsley is a city in Big Stone County
Big Stone County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,820 people, 2,377 households, and 1,611 families residing in the county. The population density was 12 people per square mile . There were 3,171 housing units at an average density of 6 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 233 at the 2010 census
United States Census, 2010
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Beardsley holds two state monthly record high temperatures, 111°F (approx. 44°C) in September, set in 1931, and 98°F (approx. 37°C) for October, reached in 1963, http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/special/location.pdf, and shares with Moorhead both the July record and the all-time state high temperature of 114°, reached in Beardsley on July 29, 1917.http://climate.umn.edu/doc/historical/extremes.htm

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all land.

Minnesota State Highways 7
Minnesota State Highway 7
Minnesota State Highway 7 is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 28 and Big Stone County Road 1 near Beardsley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with State Highway 100 and Hennepin County Road 25 in St. Louis Park.For part of its...

 and 28
Minnesota State Highway 28
Minnesota State Highway 28 is a highway in west-central and central Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 10 at the South Dakota state line near Browns Valley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with the former route of 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 262 people, 125 household
Household
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s, and 71 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 552.4 people per square mile (215.2/km²). There were 148 housing units at an average density of 312.1 per square mile (121.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.15% of the population.

There were 125 households out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.4% were non-families. 40.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 25.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 26.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,429, and the median income for a family was $33,929. Males had a median income of $26,875 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $16,106. About 6.3% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under the age of 18 and 15.5% of those 65 and older.
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