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Population (year 2000): 264. Estimated
population in July 2005: 248 (-6.1% change)
Males: 138 (52.3%), Females: 126 (47.7%)
Koochiching County
Zip code:
56627
Median resident age: 46.3 years
Median household income: $26,458 (year 2000)
Median house value: $31,900 (year 2000)
Races in Big Falls:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
Ancestries: German (37.9%), Norwegian (25.8%),
Irish (9.1%), Swedish (8.7%), English (6.4%), French (6.4%).
Elevation: 6940 feet
Land area: 6.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Big Falls
- High school or higher: 81.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
- Unemployed: 4.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Big Falls city
- Never married: 20.7%
- Now married: 59.2%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 3.3%
- Divorced: 16.9%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -81 (-23.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Big Falls:
- NORTHERN ITASCA HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 39 miles;
BIGFORK, MN)
- FALLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 40 miles;
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN)
- DEER RIVER HEALTHCARE CENTER (about 56 miles; DEER
RIVER, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Big
Falls:
- FALLS INTL (about 38 miles; INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN;
ID: INL)
- GRAND RAPIDS/ITASCA CO-GORDON NEWSTROM FLD (about 72
miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN; ID: GPZ)
- CHISHOLM-HIBBING (about 88 miles; HIBBING, MN; ID:
HIB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Big Falls:
- BIG FALLS MUNI (about 3 miles; BIG FALLS, MN; ID:
7Y9)
- LITTLEFORK MUNI/HANOVER (about 22 miles; LITTLEFORK,
MN; ID: 13Y)
- BIGFORK MUNI (about 32 miles; BIGFORK, MN; ID: FOZ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Big Falls:
- NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 88 miles;
BEMIDJI, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,761)
- BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 88 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; FT enrollment: 3,562)
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 129 miles;
BRAINERD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,364)
- LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 147 miles; DULUTH, MN;
FT enrollment: 2,512)
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 153 miles;
DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 8,224)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 158 miles;
SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 183 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
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