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Population (year 2000): 3,070. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,988 (-2.7% change)
Males: 1,420 (46.3%), Females: 1,650 (53.7%)
Yellow Medicine County
Zip code:
56241
Median resident age: 41.2 years
Median household income: $32,031 (year 2000)
Median house value: $64,400 (year 2000)
Races in Granite Falls:
- White Non-Hispanic (91.0%)
- American Indian (6.7%)
- Hispanic (2.1%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
Ancestries: Norwegian (41.9%), German (34.4%),
Swedish (9.9%), Irish (8.1%), English (3.8%), Dutch (3.6%).
Elevation: 920 feet
Land area: 3.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Granite Falls
- High school or higher: 85.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
- Unemployed: 7.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 12.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Granite Falls city
- Never married: 23.2%
- Now married: 54.3%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 13.1%
- Divorced: 7.9%
0.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -63 (-2.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Granite Falls:
- MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL & GRANITE MANOR (345 TENTH
AVENUE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Granite Falls:
- CHIPPEWA COUNTY MONTEVIDEO HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
MONTEVIDEO, MN)
- WEINER MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 30 miles;
MARSHALL, MN)
- REDWOOD AREA HOSPITAL (about 35 miles; REDWOOD
FALLS, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Granite Falls:
- BROOKINGS MUNI (about 95 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; ID:
BKX)
- WATERTOWN MUNI (about 112 miles; WATERTOWN, SD; ID:
ATY)
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 115 miles; ST CLOUD, MN;
ID: STC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Granite Falls:
- GRANITE FALLS MUNI/LENZEN-ROE MEMORIAL FLD (about 5
miles; GRANITE FALLS, MN; ID: 1G2)
- MONTEVIDEO-CHIPPEWA COUNTY (about 16 miles;
MONTEVIDEO, MN; ID: MVE)
- MURDOCK MUNI (about 30 miles; MURDOCK, MN; ID: 23Y)
College/University in Granite Falls:
- MINNESOTA WEST COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
(Full-time enrollment: 1,990; Location: 1593 11TH AVE;
Public; Website: www.mnwest.mnscu.edu)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Granite Falls:
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,405)
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 41 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT
enrollment: 2,711)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 92 miles;
BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 105 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 107 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 113 miles; ST
PETER, MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 113
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
Public high school in Granite Falls:
- GRANITE FALLS SR. (Students: 397; Location:
450 9TH AVE.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Granite Falls:
- BERT RANEY EL. (Students: 414; Location: 555
7TH AVE.; Grades: PK - 06)
- MINNESOTA VALLEY COOP. (Location: 450 9TH
AVE.; Grades: 00 - 00)
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