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Fergus Falls, MN

14,138 Population
14.4 square miles 982.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 46.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,280 ±$2,529 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $38,723 ±$804
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$50,865 ±$4,321 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $70,912 ±$1,842
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

10.7% ±2.5% (1,460  ±334) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8.9% 5,273 (±0.9% / ±520)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

12.8 minutes ±1.2 (74,205  ±8,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 21.3 527,900 (±0.6 / ±18,109)
  • about half the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

6,404 ±268 Number of households
  • the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 25,181 ±348
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.1 ±0.1 (13,379  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 2.3 58,994 (±0 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

5.4% ±2.8% (159  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 6.9% † 744 (±1.3% / ±136)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

6,989 ±293 Number of housing units
  • the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 36,669 ±153
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$173,300 ±$12,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $252,500 ±$6,076
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

17.2% ±3.6% (2,405  ±506) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 10.9% 6,482 (±1.1% / ±632.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

95.5% ±6.4% (9,495  ±710.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 94% 40,571 (±2.1% / ±906.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
27.9% ±3.5% (2,769  ±361.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 27.4% 11,817 (±1.1% / ±472.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±0.6% (213  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 2.6% 1,538
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

7.5% ±1.7% (839  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8.1% 3,802 (±0.6% / ±264)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
839 Total veterans ±190 650 Male ±165 189 Female ±113

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