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Fergus Falls, MN

14,181 Population
14.4 square miles 985.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 46.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,864 ±$2,944 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $39,580 ±$838
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,162 ±$5,165 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $72,255 ±$2,093
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±2.4% (1,239  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8.7% † 5,187 (±0.9% / ±547)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.9 minutes ±1.5 (78,965  ±10,441) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 20.7 516,805 (±0.6 / ±19,016)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,465 ±273 Number of households
  • the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 25,157 ±375
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (13,404  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 2.4 59,162 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±2.8% (105  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 6.7% † 727 (±1.3% / ±137)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,072 ±296 Number of housing units
  • the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 36,698 ±91
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$194,000 ±$24,825 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $273,000 ±$6,397
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.3% ±3.7% (2,153  ±525.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 10.2% † 6,124 (±1.1% / ±659.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±6.6% (9,805  ±739.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 94.4% 41,063 (±2.2% / ±938.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.3% ±3.7% (3,005  ±393.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 28.3% 12,316 (±1.2% / ±521.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2% ±0.8% (278  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 3% 1,822
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2% (909  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8% 3,781 (±0.6% / ±270)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
909 Total veterans ±229 733 Male ±190 176 Female ±113

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