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Population (year 2000): 2,374. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,357 (-0.7% change)
Males: 1,170 (49.3%), Females: 1,204 (50.7%)
Otter Tail County
Zip code:
56572
Median resident age: 36.5 years
Median household income: $27,232 (year 2000)
Median house value: $69,700 (year 2000)
Races in Pelican Rapids:
- White Non-Hispanic (73.3%)
- Hispanic (19.6%)
- Other race (12.8%)
- Two or more races (3.5%)
- Vietnamese (2.2%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Other Asian (1.0%)
- Black (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Norwegian (34.1%), German (24.2%),
Swedish (7.9%), English (4.4%), Irish (4.4%), United States
(2.1%).
Elevation: 1300 feet
Land area: 2.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Pelican Rapids
- High school or higher: 66.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 7.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 11.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Pelican Rapids city
- Never married: 21.5%
- Now married: 57.5%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 12.8%
- Divorced: 7.6%
20.5% Foreign born (13.2% Latin America, 3.7%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +478 (+25.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Pelican Rapids:
- FERGUS FALLS REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTER (about 20
miles; FERGUS FALLS, MN)
- LAKE REGION HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; FERGUS FALLS,
MN)
- ST MARYS REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (about 23 miles;
DETROIT LAKES, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Pelican Rapids:
- HECTOR INTL (about 56 miles; FARGO, ND; ID: FAR)
- BEMIDJI-BELTRAMI COUNTY (about 102 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; ID: BJI)
- THIEF RIVER FALLS REGIONAL (about 102 miles; THIEF
RIVER FALLS, MN; ID: TVF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pelican Rapids:
- PELICAN RAPIDS MUNI-LYON'S FIELD (about 5 miles;
PELICAN RAPIDS, MN; ID: 47Y)
- FERGUS FALLS MUNI-EINAR MICKELSON FLD (about 21
miles; FERGUS FALLS, MN; ID: FFM)
- DETROIT LAKES-WETHING FIELD (about 22 miles; DETROIT
LAKES, MN; ID: DTL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Pelican Rapids:
- MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MOORHEAD (about 37 miles;
MOORHEAD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 6,400)
- CONCORDIA COLLEGE AT MOORHEAD (about 37 miles;
MOORHEAD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,771)
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (about 42
miles; WAHPETON, ND; FT enrollment: 2,176)
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 67
miles; FARGO, ND; FT enrollment: 8,836)
- 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)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA-MAIN CAMPUS (about 116
miles; GRAND FORKS, ND; FT enrollment: 9,935)
Public high school in Pelican Rapids:
- PELICAN RAPIDS SEC. (Students: 630; Location:
BOX 642; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Pelican Rapids:
- PELICAN RAPIDS EL. (Students: 562; Location:
BOX 642; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Pelican Rapids:
- PELICAN RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $167,163; Location: 25 WEST MILL STREET; 21,543
books; 452 audio materials; 743 video materials; 94
serial subscriptions)
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