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Crookston, MN
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Crookston is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 7,323 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Crookston is the 121st largest community in Minnesota. Crookston has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Of important note, Crookston is also a city of artists. Crookston has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Crookston’s character.

Also of interest is that Crookston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Crookston spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.41 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

The citizens of Crookston are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.72% of adults in Crookston have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Crookston in 2018 was $28,922, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,688 for a family of four. However, Crookston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Crookston is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crookston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crookston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Crookston also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.36% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crookston include Norwegian, German, French, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Crookston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.


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