Lindsborg, Kansas

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Lindsborg is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, USA. The population was 3,321 at the 2000 census. Lindsborg is also known as "Little Sweden" because of the Swedish immigrants who founded the town. Much of the architecture and decor in the town has a distinctly Swedish style, and holiday customs reflect Swedish heritage. Speakers mounted on telephone poles and powerlines broadcast Christmas Carols in Swedish.

In the fall of odd-numbered years, Lindsborg celebrates its Swedish heritage with food, crafts, and dancing in a festival known as Svensk Hyllningsfest.

The parade scene from the 1985 movie American Flyers was filmed in Lindsborg.

North of Lindsborg is Coronado Heights, which is believed to be where Francisco Vasquez de Coronado gave up his search for the seven cities of gold, and turned back to return to Mexico.

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[edit] Geography

Lindsborg is located at 38°34′27″N, 97°40′31″W (38.574274, -97.675185)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.0 km² (1.5 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 3,321 people, 1,227 households, and 775 families residing in the city. The population density was 832.6/km² (2,155.5/mi²). There were 1,331 housing units at an average density of 333.7/km² (863.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.05% White, 1.11% African American, 0.39% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.30% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.60% of the population.

There were 1,227 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the city the population was spread out with 20.5% under the age of 18, 18.7% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,500, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $25,145 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,415. About 4.9% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.