Moorhead, Minnesota
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 town hall |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1871 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Clay County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 52 ′ N , 96 ° 46 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
38,065 (as of 2010) 208,777 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,093.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 34.8 km 2 (about 13 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 274 m |
| Postcodes : | 56560-56563 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-43864 |
| GNIS ID : | 0648070 |
| Website : | www.ci.moorhead.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Mark Voxland |
Moorhead is a city (with the status " City ") in Clay County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 , Moorhead had 38,065 residents.
Moorhead is part of the Fargo – Moorhead Metropolitan Area .
geography
Moorhead is on the east bank of the Red River of the North , which separates the city of Fargo in North Dakota . Moorhead is located at 46 ° 52'26 "north latitude and 96 ° 46'02" west longitude and extends over 34.8 km².
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 1500 | - | |
| 1890 | 2088 | 39.2% | |
| 1900 | 3730 | 78.6% | |
| 1910 | 4540 | 21.7% | |
| 1920 | 5720 | 26% | |
| 1930 | 7651 | 33.8% | |
| 1940 | 9491 | 24% | |
| 1950 | 14,870 | 56.7% | |
| 1960 | 22,934 | 54.2% | |
| 1970 | 29,687 | 29.4% | |
| 1980 | 29,998 | 1 % | |
| 1990 | 32,295 | 7.7% | |
| 2000 | 32,177 | -0.4% | |
| 2010 | 38,065 | 18.3% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Moorhead had 38,065 people in 14,304 households. The population density was 1093.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.41 people each in the 14,304 households.
The racial the population was composed of 90.7 percent white, 2.0 percent African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 2.0 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.1 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 46,794 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,051. 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Jason Blake (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Will Borgen (* 1996), ice hockey player
- Matt Cullen (born 1976), ice hockey player
- Warren G. Magnuson (1905–1989), Congressman and Senator
- Rachel Quaintance (born 1972), actress
Trivia
Moorhead was the target of musicians Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper , who were killed in a plane crash near Mason City on February 3, 1959 . The accident has since been referred to as The Day the Music Died due to the popularity of the deceased .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 12, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved April 12, 2013
