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Population (year 2000): 1,275. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,225 (-3.9% change)
Males: 584 (45.8%), Females: 691 (54.2%)
Zip code:
56531
Median resident age: 39.5 years
Median household income: $30,441 (year 2000)
Median house value: $52,100 (year 2000)
Races in Elbow Lake:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.9%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Other race (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (42.9%), Norwegian (40.2%),
Swedish (12.2%), Irish (7.5%), English (6.1%), United States
(2.9%).
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Elbow Lake
- High school or higher: 84.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 5.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Elbow Lake city
- Never married: 18.1%
- Now married: 60.2%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 12.3%
- Divorced: 8.3%
1.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +88 (+7.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Elbow Lake:
- ELEAH MEDICAL CENTER (930 FIRST STREET
NORTHEAST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Elbow Lake:
- FERGUS FALLS REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTER (about 22
miles; FERGUS FALLS, MN)
- LAKE REGION HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; FERGUS FALLS,
MN)
- STEVENS COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles;
MORRIS, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Elbow Lake:
- HECTOR INTL (about 86 miles; FARGO, ND; ID: FAR)
- WATERTOWN MUNI (about 111 miles; WATERTOWN, SD; ID:
ATY)
- BEMIDJI-BELTRAMI COUNTY (about 127 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; ID: BJI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Elbow Lake:
- ELBOW LAKE MUNI (about 1 miles; ELBOW LAKE, MN; ID:
Y63)
- HERMAN MUNI (about 18 miles; HERMAN, MN; ID: 06Y)
- FERGUS FALLS MUNI-EINAR MICKELSON FLD (about 24
miles; FERGUS FALLS, MN; ID: FFM)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Elbow Lake:
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (about 49
miles; WAHPETON, ND; Full-time enrollment: 2,176)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MOORHEAD (about 72 miles;
MOORHEAD, MN; FT enrollment: 6,400)
- CONCORDIA COLLEGE AT MOORHEAD (about 72 miles;
MOORHEAD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,771)
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 88 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT
enrollment: 2,711)
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 95
miles; FARGO, ND; FT enrollment: 8,836)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 108 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 125 miles;
BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
Public primary/middle school in Elbow Lake:
- WEST CENTRAL AREA N. EL. (Students: 250;
Location: 411 1ST ST. S.E.; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Elbow Lake:
- ELBOW LAKE: THORSON MEM LIBRARY (Operating
income: $54,728; Location: 117 CENTRAL AVENUE; 13,580
books; 428 audio materials; 450 video materials; 64
serial subscriptions)
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