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Population (year 2000): 311. Estimated
population in July 2005: 302 (-2.9% change)
Males: 161 (51.8%), Females: 150 (48.2%)
Otter Tail County
Zip code:
56587
Median resident age: 43.1 years
Median household income: $27,344 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,900 (year 2000)
Races in Vergas:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
- Two or more races (1.6%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (55.0%), Norwegian (24.4%),
Swedish (16.1%), Irish (7.1%), English (6.8%), Dutch (2.6%).
Elevation: 1410 feet
Land area: 1.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Vergas
- High school or higher: 75.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
- Unemployed: 8.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Vergas city
- Never married: 29.8%
- Now married: 52.4%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 11.6%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +24 (+8.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Vergas:
- ST MARYS REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (about 12 miles;
DETROIT LAKES, MN)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; PERHAM, MN)
- FERGUS FALLS REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTER (about 32
miles; FERGUS FALLS, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Vergas:
- HECTOR INTL (about 72 miles; FARGO, ND; ID: FAR)
- BEMIDJI-BELTRAMI COUNTY (about 84 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; ID: BJI)
- THIEF RIVER FALLS REGIONAL (about 100 miles; THIEF
RIVER FALLS, MN; ID: TVF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Vergas:
- DETROIT LAKES-WETHING FIELD (about 13 miles; DETROIT
LAKES, MN; ID: DTL)
- PERHAM MUNI (about 15 miles; PERHAM, MN; ID: 16D)
- PELICAN RAPIDS MUNI-LYON'S FIELD (about 21 miles;
PELICAN RAPIDS, MN; ID: 47Y)
Amtrak station near Vergas:
- 12 miles: DETROIT LAKES (116 PIONEER ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Vergas:
- MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MOORHEAD (about 52 miles;
MOORHEAD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 6,400)
- CONCORDIA COLLEGE AT MOORHEAD (about 52 miles;
MOORHEAD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,771)
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (about 62
miles; WAHPETON, ND; FT enrollment: 2,176)
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 83
miles; FARGO, ND; FT enrollment: 8,836)
- NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 88 miles;
BEMIDJI, MN; FT enrollment: 3,761)
- BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 88 miles; BEMIDJI,
MN; FT enrollment: 3,562)
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 116 miles;
BRAINERD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,364)
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