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Population (year 2000): 2,999. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,945 (-1.8% change)
Males: 1,453 (48.4%), Females: 1,546 (51.6%)
St. Louis County
Zip code:
55768
Median resident age: 41.0 years
Median household income: $35,163 (year 2000)
Median house value: $75,400 (year 2000)
Races in Mountain Iron:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (17.3%), Italian (13.5%),
Norwegian (13.1%), Swedish (9.6%), Irish (8.4%), English (4.8%).
Elevation: 1474 feet
Land area: 49.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mountain Iron
- High school or higher: 90.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 4.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mountain Iron city
- Never married: 25.6%
- Now married: 56.9%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 8.0%
- Divorced: 8.2%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -356 (-10.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mountain Iron:
- VIRGINIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles;
VIRGINIA, MN)
- NNESOS EVELETH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (about 10
miles; EVELETH, MN)
- UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER-MESABI (about 25 miles;
HIBBING, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mountain Iron:
- CHISHOLM-HIBBING (about 19 miles; HIBBING, MN; ID:
HIB)
- DULUTH INTL (about 56 miles; DULUTH, MN; ID: DLH)
- GRAND RAPIDS/ITASCA CO-GORDON NEWSTROM FLD (about 66
miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN; ID: GPZ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mountain Iron:
- SKY HARBOR (about 11 miles; EVELETH, MN; ID: 9Y5)
- EVELETH-VIRGINIA MUNI (about 12 miles; EVELETH, MN;
ID: EVM)
- COOK MUNI (about 22 miles; COOK, MN; ID: CQM)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mountain Iron:
- LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 57 miles; DULUTH, MN;
Full-time enrollment: 2,512)
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 62 miles;
DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 8,224)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 68 miles;
SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
- WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 129
miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 135 miles;
BRAINERD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,364)
- NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 157
miles; BEMIDJI, MN; FT enrollment: 3,761)
- BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 157 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; FT enrollment: 3,562)
Public high school in Mountain Iron:
- MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SEC. (Students: 271;
Location: 5720 MARBLE AVE.; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Mountain Iron:
- MERRITT EL. (Students: 333; Location: 5720
MARBLE AVE.; Grades: PK - 06)
- BETHANY CRISIS SHELTER (Students: 2;
Location: 5720 MARBLE AVE.; Grades: 10 - 10)
Library in Mountain Iron:
- MOUNTAIN IRON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $107,530; Location: 5742 MOUNTAIN AVENUE; 32,470
books; 25 audio materials; 647 video materials; 91
serial subscriptions)
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