Guide to East Grand Forks Minnesota

East Grand Forks (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	1990-2000 Change
East Grand Forks (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	Actual	Percent
Population	7,607	8,537	8,658	7,501	-1,157	-13.36
Land Area (sq. mile)	2.50	4.37	4.43	5.00	0.57	12.77
Density (persons per sq. mile)	3,042.80	1,953.55	1,954.40	1,501.46	-452.94	-23.18
Housing Units	2,279	3,471	3,500	3,108	-392	-11.20
Households	--	3,025	3,159	2,929	-230	-7.28
Persons Per Household	--	2.78	2.69	2.54	-0.15	-5.75

East Grand Forks is located in the fertile Red River Valley. The area around East Grand Forks is prime for agricultural uses. The Red River Valley used to be a part of glacial Lake Agassiz. This made the land fertile and very flat.

The Red Lake River divides East Grand Forks into two main sections. The main part of town, located north of the river, is the home of the downtown area as well as several residential neighborhoods. The area south of the river is known as "The Point." This is because the land forms a narrow point shape (almost peninsular) where the Red and Red Lake rivers meet. "The Point" contains more residential development.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.9 km² (5.0 mi²), all land.

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,501 people, 2,929 households, and 1,933 families residing in the city. The population density was 579.2/km² (1,501.5/mi²). There were 3,108 housing units at an average density of 240.0/km² (622.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.97% White, 0.52% African American, 1.68% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.47% from other races, and 2.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.53% of the population.

There were 2,929 households out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the city the population was spread out with 28.8% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,866, and the median income for a family was $47,846. Males had a median income of $33,134 versus $22,094 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,599. About 8.2% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.7% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

EAST GRAND FORKS, a city in Grand Forks and Rhinehart Townships, incorporated as a city March 7, 1887, is on the east side of the Red River, opposite the city of Grand Forks, N.D., where the confluence of the large Red Lake River with the upper part of the Red River presents two navigable courses or forks for ascending boats. The city began after the Civil War as a trading center and stopping-off place for Red River cart teamsters going between St. Paul and Winnipeg; the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad came in 1880. The city was first known as Nashville when the post office opened in 1874, for William C. Nash, fur trader and government mail carrier between Abercrombie and Pembina; the name changed to East Grand Forks in 1883. Nash was born in Pennsylvania and came to the area in 1863, securing the mail contract in 1864, and was postmaster of Tillia, 1872-73. Regular flooding of the rivers has caused difficulties for the community. After a devastating flood in 1997, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built levees along the Red River to protect the cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks; the land between the levees was designated as the Greenway, to be developed as a recreational area. In 2000, the Minnesota legislature established the Red River State Recreation Area on the state-managed portion of Greenway lands.