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Population (year 2000): 1,079. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,047 (-3.0% change)
Males: 514 (47.6%), Females: 565 (52.4%)
Kandiyohi County
Zip code:
56209
Median resident age: 40.6 years
Median household income: $39,265 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,900 (year 2000)
Races in Atwater:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.8%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (46.3%), Norwegian (25.9%),
Swedish (22.1%), Irish (7.9%), English (5.0%), Danish (4.1%).
Elevation: 1215 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Atwater
- High school or higher: 84.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
- Unemployed: 5.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Atwater city
- Never married: 25.2%
- Now married: 54.2%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 11.2%
- Divorced: 8.7%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -11 (-1.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Atwater:
- MEEKER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
LITCHFIELD, MN)
- PAYNESVILLE AREA HOSPITAL (about 19 miles;
PAYNESVILLE, MN)
- RICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; WILLMAR, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Atwater:
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 58 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; ID:
STC)
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 97 miles; BRAINERD, MN;
ID: BRD)
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about
110 miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; ID: MSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Atwater:
- LITCHFIELD MUNI (about 20 miles; LITCHFIELD, MN; ID:
LJF)
- WILLMAR MUNI-JOHN L RICE FIELD (about 22 miles;
WILLMAR, MN; ID: ILL)
- HECTOR MUNI (about 30 miles; HECTOR, MN; ID: 1D6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Atwater:
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 19 miles; WILLMAR, MN;
Full-time enrollment: 2,711)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 51 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 78 miles; ST PETER,
MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 83
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 84 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 87 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
Public high school in Atwater:
- A.C.G.C. ALP (Students: 17; Location: 302 S
2ND ST.; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Atwater:
- A.C.G.C. NORTH EL. (Students: 284; Location:
302 S 2ND ST.; Grades: KG - 06)
Private primary/middle school in Atwater:
- ST JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 32;
Location: 19911 56TH AVE NE; Grades: KG - 6)
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