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Population (year 2000): 1,377. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,601 (+16.3% change)
Males: 673 (48.9%), Females: 704 (51.1%)
McLeod County
Zip code:
55354
Median resident age: 33.7 years
Median household income: $44,271 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,300 (year 2000)
Races in Lester Prairie:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.8%)
- Hispanic (4.9%)
- Other race (1.9%)
Ancestries: German (61.7%), Norwegian (9.9%),
Swedish (8.2%), Polish (8.1%), Irish (5.4%), United States
(3.9%).
Elevation: 1004 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lester Prairie
- High school or higher: 84.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 2.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lester Prairie city
- Never married: 21.9%
- Now married: 64.6%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 5.7%
- Divorced: 6.9%
2.4% Foreign born (1.8% Latin America, 0.4%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +194 (+16.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lester Prairie:
- GLENCOE AREA HEALTH CENTER (about 12 miles; GLENCOE,
MN)
- RIDGEVIEW MEDICAL CENTER (about 18 miles; WACONIA,
MN)
- SIBLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles; ARLINGTON,
MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lester Prairie:
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 45 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; ID:
STC)
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about 58
miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; ID: MSP)
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 104 miles; BRAINERD, MN;
ID: BRD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lester Prairie:
- WINSTED MUNI (about 4 miles; WINSTED, MN; ID: 10D)
- GLENCOE MUNI (about 10 miles; GLENCOE, MN; ID: GYL)
- HUTCHINSON MUNI-BUTLER FIELD (about 23 miles;
HUTCHINSON, MN; ID: HCD)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lester Prairie:
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 38 miles; ST PETER,
MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,355)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 49
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 49 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
- HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 49 miles; BROOKLYN
PARK, MN; FT enrollment: 3,138)
- NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
BROOKLYN PARK, MN; FT enrollment: 3,097)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 51 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
Public high school in Lester Prairie:
- LESTER PRAIRIE SEC. (Students: 260; Location:
131 HICKORY ST. N.; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Lester Prairie:
- LESTER PRAIRIE EL. (Students: 224; Location:
131 HICKORY ST. N.; Grades: KG - 06)
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