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According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.3
km˛ (2.4
mi˛). 6.1 km˛ (2.4 mi˛) of it is land and 0.2 km˛ (0.1 mi˛) of it
(2.88%) is water.
As of the
census2
of 2000, there were 3,040 people, 1,229
households, and 769 families residing in
the city. The
population density was 495.3/km˛
(1,285.2/mi˛). There were 1,334 housing
units at an average density of 217.3/km˛
(564.0/mi˛). The racial makeup of the
city was 93.06%
White, 0.07%
African American, 1.74%
Native American, 0.10%
Asian, 0.03%
Pacific Islander, 4.28% from
other races, and 0.72% from two or
more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 9.38% of the
population.
There were 1,229 households out of which
29.6% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 48.6% were
married couples living together,
9.8% had a female householder with no
husband present, and 37.4% were
non-families. 33.2% of all households
were made up of individuals and 19.1%
had someone living alone who was 65
years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.36 and the average
family size was 3.01.
In the city the
population was spread out with 25.4%
under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24,
24.5% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to
64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age
or older. The median age was 38 years.
For every 100 females there were 88.0
males. For every 100 females age 18 and
over, there were 85.1 males.
The median income for
a household in the city was $28,237, and
the median income for a family was
$35,699. Males had a median income of
$31,359 versus $20,152 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$14,386. About 13.8% of families and
16.4% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 23.1% of
those under age 18 and 13.5% of those
age 65 or over.
LONG PRAIRIE Township, organized March 12, 1867, had
been occupied 1848-55 by the agency of a reservation for the Winnebago
Indians. Long Prairie, the county seat, was platted in May 1867 and was
incorporated as a village on December 22, 1883. The name is received
from the Long Prairie River, flowing through this county to the Crow
Wing River; the stream was named for a long and relatively narrow
prairie, from a half mile to one mile wide, bordering its east side for
about 20 miles, from Lake Charlotte and Long Prairie village northward
to the west line of Fawn Lake Township. When the post office was
established in 1850, David Olmsted was the postmaster until he moved to
St. Paul in 1853; he was influential in Todd County and the state, and
Olmsted County is named for him.
