Detroit Lakes
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city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Becker
- Mayor
- Matt Brenk
- Alderman councilmembers
- Shaun Carlson, Ron Zeman, Mike Stearns, Wendy Spry, Aaron Dallmann, Matt Boeke
- At large
- Craig Caulfield, Jaimie Deraney, Jackie Buboltz
- City
- 17.460 sq mi (45.221 km )
- Land
- 11.841 sq mi (30.668 km )
- Water
- 5.619 sq mi (14.554 km )
- Elevation
- 1,371 ft (418 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 9,981
- Density
- 849.0/sq mi (327.79/km )
- Urban
- 10,234
- Metro
- 35,283
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 56501, 56502
- Fips code
- 27-15832
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Detroit Lakes
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Becker County
- Population
- 9869
- Area
- 39.356296
- Elevation
- 417
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Becker County
- Official website
- www.ci.detroit-lakes.mn.us
- Image
- Washington Avenue at Front Street looking south, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.jpg
- Households
- 3891
- Dialing code
- 218
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- postal code
- 56501
- Commons category
- Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 32.7471
- per capita income
- 38164
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Encyclopedic overview
Detroit Lakes is a city in and the county seat of Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,869 at the 2020 census. Its unofficial population during the summer is higher, estimated by citizens to peak at 13,000, due to seasonal residents and tourists.
U.S. Highways 10 and 59 and Minnesota State Highway 34 are the primary routes through the city. Detroit Lakes is 45 miles east of the Fargo–Moorhead ND-MN statistical metropolitan area. The nearest major metropolitan area with a population over 1 million is Minneapolis–Saint Paul, which is about 205 miles southeast of Detroit Lakes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Detroit Lakes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.