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Population (year 2000): 3,040. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,944 (-3.2% change)
Males: 1,423 (46.8%), Females: 1,617 (53.2%)
Todd County
Zip code:
56347
Median resident age: 38.1 years
Median household income: $28,237 (year 2000)
Median house value: $64,800 (year 2000)
Races in Long Prairie:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.5%)
- Hispanic (9.4%)
- Other race (4.3%)
- American Indian (2.2%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (49.9%), Norwegian (16.1%),
Swedish (9.1%), Polish (5.5%), English (5.1%), Irish (4.1%).
Elevation: 1290 feet
Land area: 2.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Long Prairie
- High school or higher: 73.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
- Unemployed: 7.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 12.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Long Prairie city
- Never married: 22.4%
- Now married: 54.7%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 12.6%
- Divorced: 9.2%
7.1% Foreign born (6.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +162 (+5.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Long Prairie:
- LONG PRAIRIE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL C & NC (20
NINTH STREET SOUTHEAST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Long Prairie:
- ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; SAUK CENTRE,
MN)
- MELROSE AREA HOSPITAL CENTRACARE (about 22 miles;
MELROSE, MN)
- LAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEM (about 29 miles; STAPLES, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Long
Prairie:
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 58 miles; BRAINERD, MN;
ID: BRD)
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 64 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; ID:
STC)
- BEMIDJI-BELTRAMI COUNTY (about 105 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; ID: BJI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Long Prairie:
- TODD FIELD (about 7 miles; LONG PRAIRIE, MN; ID:
14Y)
- CLARISSA MUNI (about 10 miles; CLARISSA, MN; ID:
8Y5)
- SAUK CENTRE MUNI (about 20 miles; SAUK CENTRE, MN;
ID: D39)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Long Prairie:
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 54 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,183)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 55 miles;
BRAINERD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,364)
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 61 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT
enrollment: 2,711)
- NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 106
miles; BEMIDJI, MN; FT enrollment: 3,761)
- BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 106 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; FT enrollment: 3,562)
- HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 119 miles;
BROOKLYN PARK, MN; FT enrollment: 3,138)
Public high school in Long Prairie:
- LONG PRAIRIE-GREY SR. (Students: 477;
Location: 510 9TH ST. NE.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Long Prairie:
- LONG PRAIRIE EL. (Students: 467; Location:
205 2ND ST. S.; Grades: PK - 07)
- LONG PRAIRIE MID. SCHOOL (Students: 329;
Location: 205 2ND ST. S.; Grades: 06 - 08)
Private primary/middle schools in Long Prairie:
- ST MARY OF MT CARMEL ELEM SCH (Students: 137;
Location: 425 CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: PK - 6)
- TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 64;
Location: 610 SECOND AVE SE; Grades: PK - 8)
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