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Moorhead, Minnesota

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(Wright County)

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(Carlton County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Moorhead had a population of 32,177 people ^<1>. This represents 0.65% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 25th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	36,012	+11.92%	+2.51% since 2007
2007	35,130	+9.18%	+1.49% since 2006
2006	34,615	+7.58%	+1.91% since 2005
2005	33,965	+5.56%	+1.47% since 2004
2004	33,473	+4.03%	+2.01% since 2003
2003	32,814	+1.98%	+0.81% since 2002
2002	32,551	+1.16%
2001	32,523	+1.08%	+1.08% since 2000
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2000	32,177	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
22	Richfield	SE	215 mi [346 km]	32,728	4.97% decrease
23	Roseville	SE	214 mi [344.4 km]	32,815	2.6% decrease
24	Mankato	SE	228 mi [366.9 km]	36,245	11.77% increase
-25-	Moorhead			36,012	11.92% increase
26	Cottage Grove	SE	231 mi [371.8 km]	33,623	9.94% increase
27	Inver Grove Heights	SE	226 mi [363.7 km]	33,383	12.21% increase
28	Brooklyn Center	SE	205 mi [329.9 km]	27,402	6.07% decrease

Moorhead had 12,180 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Moorhead has an area ^<4> of 13.44 square miles [34.81 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Moorhead had a 2000 population density of 2,394 people per square mile [924 people/km²], making it the state's 50th most densely populated area.

Clay County

The city of Moorhead is located in Clay County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 51,291 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 32,177 people, Moorhead contained 62.7% of the Clay County total.

In addition, where the community of Moorhead has a population density of 2,394 people per square mile [924 people/km²], Clay County averages 49.07 people per square mile [18.95 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Clay County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Moorhead and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Moorhead. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	6	133,637	5.9% increase
10 mi [16 km]	13	161,746	11.98% increase
15 mi [24 km]	17	162,954	11.96% increase
20 mi [32 km]	24	166,309	11.66% increase
25 mi [40 km]	32	171,360	11.46% increase
30 mi [48 km]	41	174,267	11.2% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Moorhead. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Moorhead, it also contains a comparison between Moorhead and the state of Minnesota.

Click here for the Moorhead QuickFact (QF-2743864).

A Census Quickfact is available for Clay County (QF-27027).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Clay County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Norman	QF-27107	N	6,605	11.01% decrease
Becker	QF-27005	E	32,000	6.43% increase
Otter Tail	QF-27111	SE	56,786	0.64% decrease
Wilkin	QF-27167	S	6,286	11.7% decrease
Richland (ND)	QF-38077	S	16,334	8.97% decrease
Cass (ND)	QF-38017	W	139,918	13.31% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Moorhead:

	State Code:	27 (Minnesota)
	County Code:	027 (Clay County)
	Place Code:	43864 (Moorhead)

	State & County Code:	27027 (Minnesota/Clay County)

	State & Place Code:	2743864 (Minnesota/Moorhead)

Moorhead is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Moorhead.

The Commemorative
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Minnesota ^<6>

Search for Local Businesses

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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Moorhead? Please visit the Map Page for Moorhead.

Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Moorhead and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Moorhead. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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