Otter Tail County, Minnesota

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Otter Tail County is a one of the county from Minnesota's 87 counties, located in Midwestern Region (West North Central) of United States. According to the 2000 census it had a population of 57159 inhabitants. Its population was estimated at 56786 in July 2008, It is the 16th largest in terms of population. The county spans an area of 2224.91 square miles (5762.49 kmē), of which, 1979.71 square miles (5127.43 kmē) of it is land and 245.2 square miles (635.07 kmē) of it is water, giving it the eighth largest by total area among Minnesota's county. It is ranks eighth in the size of its inland waterways in Minnesota.


As of the census of 2000, there were 57159 people, 22671 households, and 15768 families living in the county. The population density was 28.9 people per square mile (11.16/kmē), it is the 41st most densely populated county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. There were 33862 housing units at an average density of 17.1 per square mile (6.6/kmē). The average household size was 2.46 people, and the average family size was 2.98 people. In the county Population was distributed with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 19% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males. The county's estimated population as of July 2008 was 56786, The racial makeup of the county was 97.85% White, 0.34% Black or African American, 0.63% American Indian, 0.44% Asian, 0.06% Native Hawaiian, and 0.69% from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $35395, it is 59th wealthiest county by median household income in Minnesota. The median income for a family in the county was $42740, it is the 26th poorest county in terms of median family income. The per capita income for the county was $18014, making it the 44th highest county by per capita income in Minnesota.

In 2000, 14133 pupils and students, of which 50.39% are male and 49.61% are female, 24.73% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 5.75% nursery or pri school, 4.49% kindergarten, 47.67% elementary school, 28.94% high school and 13.15% College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Battle Lake City	Otter Tail County	1.21	1.2	0.01	686	571.3	17269	25000
2	Bluffton City	Otter Tail County	2.77	2.77	0	210	75.8	12105	31250
3	Clitherall City	Otter Tail County	0.2	0.2	0	118	586.2	15113	26667
4	Dalton City	Otter Tail County	0.24	0.24	0	258	1077.3	13990	29750
5	Deer Creek City	Otter Tail County	4.02	4.02	0	328	81.6	14097	28558
6	Dent City	Otter Tail County	0.38	0.38	0	192	501	12024	30938
7	Elizabeth City	Otter Tail County	0.36	0.36	0	172	473.5	13841	33438
8	Erhard City	Otter Tail County	0.56	0.54	0.02	150	276.4	16189	35417
9	Fergus Falls City	Otter Tail County	14.11	13.06	1.05	13471	1031.5	18929	31454
10	Henning City	Otter Tail County	3.09	3.09	0	719	232.4	15450	21944
11	New York Mills City	Otter Tail County	1.25	1.25	0	1158	926.7	15949	27596
12	Ottertail City	Otter Tail County	5.14	4.39	0.75	451	102.7	18612	32188
13	Parkers Prairie City	Otter Tail County	1.18	1.18	0	991	841.8	16748	28618
14	Pelican Rapids City	Otter Tail County	2.67	2.62	0.05	2374	905.8	13699	27232
15	Perham City	Otter Tail County	2.62	2.62	0	2559	976.2	16444	28397
16	Richville City	Otter Tail County	1	1	0	124	123.7	16290	33750
17	Underwood City	Otter Tail County	0.42	0.42	0	319	752.3	19465	29000
18	Urbank City	Otter Tail County	0.73	0.73	0	59	80.7	15105	40625
19	Vergas City	Otter Tail County	1.49	1.45	0.03	311	213.9	14461	27344
20	Vining City	Otter Tail County	1.31	1.27	0.04	68	53.6	17866	21250
21	Wadena City	Wadena County, Otter Tail County	5.25	5.25	0	4294	818.4	15452	26947
22	Rothsay City	Wilkin County, Otter Tail County	4.02	4.02	0	497	123.5	14854	31058

Year	Population
April 2000 census	57159
April 2000 Estimate	57159
July 2000 Estimate	57152
July 2001 Estimate	57093
July 2002 Estimate	57195
July 2003 Estimate	57332
July 2004 Estimate	57290
July 2005 Estimate	57022
July 2006 Estimate	57123
July 2007 Estimate	56869
July 2008 Estimate	56786

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	428	385	813
Kindergarten	327	308	635
Elementary school	3539	3198	6737
High school	2077	2013	4090
College or graduate school	751	1107	1858

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Otter Tail County, Minnesota	$35395	$42740	$18014
Minnesota, United States	$47111	$56874	$23198
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587