Moorhead, Minnesota Moorhead, Minnesota Moorhead City Hall Moorhead City Hall Location of the town/city of Moorheadwithin Clay Countyin the state of Minnesota Location of the town/city of Moorhead in the state of Minnesota Logo of the town/city of Moorhead, Minnesota Moorhead is a town/city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States, and the biggest city in northwest Minnesota.
The populace was 42,005 as stated to the 2015 United States Enumeration estimates. It is the governmental center of county of Clay County. The town/city was titled for William Garroway Moorhead (1811-1895), an official of the Northern Pacific barns . Moorhead is bordered on the west by the Red River of the North and the town/city of Fargo, North Dakota.
On the east, Moorhead is bordered by Dilworth, Minnesota.
Moorhead, along with its twin town/city of Fargo, North Dakota, as well as adjoining West Fargo, form the core of the Fargo Moorhead urbane area, which has a 2010 populace of around 208,777 residents.
The territory around the Fargo Moorhead region is some of the flattest and richest (for agricultural uses) in the world.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 19.80 square miles (51.28 km2), all of it land. Other close-by routes in the Fargo Moorhead region include Interstate 29 and Minnesota State Highway 336.
As of the census of 2010, there were 38,065 citizens , 14,304 homeholds, and 8,372 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.7% White, 2.0% African American, 1.5% Native American, 2.0% Asian, 1.1% from other competitions, and 2.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 14,304 homeholds of which 29.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.5% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 28.3 years.
20.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 23.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.4% were from 25 to 44; 20.5% were from 45 to 64; and 11.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 32,177 citizens , 11,660 homeholds, and 7,030 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.08% White, 0.77% African American, 1.94% Native American, 1.27% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.10% from other competitions, and 1.79% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 23.1% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,781, and the median income for a family was $49,118.
About 8.2% of families and 16.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.
Agriculture remains prominent in the area, but Moorhead is also home to notable corporate, manufacturing and distribution industries, including [American Crystal Sugar] (corporate command posts and sugar beet processing), Busch Agricultural Resources (malt manufacturing) and Pactiv (container manufacturing).
2 Minnesota State University Moorhead 825 9 Minnesota State Community and Technical College 280 10 City of Moorhead 249 The Rourke Art Gallery and the Rourke Art Museum are native Moorhead cultural establishments hosting the annual Midwestern Invitational Exhibition.
The Rourke Gallery operates from the historic 1875 Martinson House and the Rourke Museum is homed in the historic Moorhead Post Office building.
The town/city is also home to the Bluestem Center for the Arts a 3,000 seat outside amphitheater and Trollwood Performing Arts School, a famous Summer arts and theater program.
Bluestem opened in 2009 with a partnership between the Fargo School District, City of Moorhead, and an arts grant from the Minnesota. Jade Presents also presents a summer concert series which has drawn many famous bands including: O.A.R., Goo Goo Dolls, The Beach Boys, and Weezer. The Hjemkomst vessel was assembled in close-by Hawley by Moorhead resident Robert Asp, and was sailed to Norway by his kids after Asp's early death.
The Clay County Museum and Archives, directed by the Clay County Historical Society, interprets the history of Clay County in a no-charge exhibition in the lower level of the Hjemkomst Center.
Being a cold weather city, hockey has emerged as a favorite sport of Moorhead.
The improve has provided momentous support to hockey programs such as Moorhead Youth Hockey.
Over the years, Moorhead Senior High has produced a number of talented hockey players, including: He played at the 2006 Olympic games for the United States in Turin, Italy.
He also played at the 2006 Olympic games for the United States in Turin, Italy.
Originally signed to the Minnesota Wild in 2002 after a collegiate longterm position at Colorado College, he has played for a several AHL squads throughout his career, as well as for the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers.
Weld Hall on the ground of Minnesota State University Moorhead The town/city has five primary establishments of higher learning: Concordia College (private Christian liberal arts college), Minnesota State University Moorhead (public university), Minnesota State Community and Technical College (two-year to four-year technical college), Globe University/Minnesota School of Business, (private college), and Rasmussen College (a two- to four-year college).
K-12 education is provided to over 5,000 students by the Moorhead School District: S.G.
Reinertsen Elementary, Robert Asp Elementary, Ellen Hopkins Elementary, Horizon Middle School and Moorhead High School.
The precinct is known for its high student achievement with students persistently performing above the nationwide average on the ACT. The precinct includes the metros/cities of Moorhead, Georgetown, Kragnes, and Sabin.
The town/city includes the Red River Area Learning Center and the Probstfield Center for Education.
Park Christian School is a private Christian school in Moorhead providing a K 12 education as well as St.
Dorothy Dodds Elementary, a new K-4 elementary school, is presently being constructed in East Moorhead and will open in 2017. Moorhead Community Access Media, small-town access cable TV programming on channels 12 and 99 Fargo Moorhead Extra (Formally the Clay County Union) Moorhead is briefly referenced in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski as the hometown of one of the chief characters, Bunny Lebowski, played by Tara Reid.
The high school photo of Bunny shown in the movie even has her wearing the correct orange, black, and white school colors of the Moorhead Spuds.
Moorhead's pioneer Prairie Home Cemetery on 8th Street was the inspiration for the name of Garrison Keillor's nationwide radio program, A Prairie Home Companion. Although Keillor thought the cemetery was established by Norwegian Lutherans, in fact it was organized in 1875 by the Rev.
Moorhead is home to the first Dairy Queen to sell Dilly Bars. The initial metal mold used to problematic the Dilly Bar with soft serve ice cream was advanced by a Moorhead family, was patented and sold to small-town operators of other Dairy Queen charter locations.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
City of Moorhead, Minnesota.
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