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Population (year 2000): 1,148. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,123 (-2.2% change)
Males: 594 (51.7%), Females: 554 (48.3%)
Lyon County
Zip code:
56229
Median resident age: 34.6 years
Median household income: $39,792 (year 2000)
Median house value: $79,600 (year 2000)
Races in Cottonwood:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.3%)
- Other race (2.5%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
Ancestries: German (43.6%), Norwegian (28.8%),
Swedish (7.1%), Irish (6.4%), English (5.5%), Dutch (5.1%).
Elevation: 1080 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Cottonwood
- High school or higher: 84.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.4%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Cottonwood city
- Never married: 20.8%
- Now married: 67.3%
- Separated: 0.3%
- Widowed: 5.9%
- Divorced: 5.6%
2.7% Foreign born (1.4% Latin America, 0.6%
Asia, 0.3% Europe, 0.3% North America).
Population change in the 1990s: +144 (+14.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Cottonwood:
- WEINER MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles;
MARSHALL, MN)
- MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL & GRANITE MANOR (about 15 miles;
GRANITE FALLS, MN)
- TRACY HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; TRACY, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Cottonwood:
- BROOKINGS MUNI (about 82 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; ID:
BKX)
- JOE FOSS FIELD (about 103 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD;
ID: FSD)
- WATERTOWN MUNI (about 105 miles; WATERTOWN, SD; ID:
ATY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cottonwood:
- GRANITE FALLS MUNI/LENZEN-ROE MEMORIAL FLD (about 13
miles; GRANITE FALLS, MN; ID: 1G2)
- SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA RGNL MARSHALL/RYAN FLD (about 15
miles; MARSHALL, MN; ID: MML)
- MONTEVIDEO-CHIPPEWA COUNTY (about 25 miles;
MONTEVIDEO, MN; ID: MVE)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Cottonwood:
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,405)
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 56 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT
enrollment: 2,711)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles;
BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 117
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 118 miles; ST
PETER, MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 120 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 121 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
Public high school in Cottonwood:
- LAKEVIEW SEC. (Students: 276; Location: 875
BARSTAD RD. N.; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Cottonwood:
- LAKEVIEW EL. (Students: 288; Location: 875
BARSTAD RD.N.; Grades: PK - 06)
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