Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Fergus Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Fergus Falls added 142 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +24. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 83rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Fergus Falls is 1.0 times that size.

Fergus Falls covers 14.39 square miles of land and 1.33 of water, for 991 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Fergus Falls is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fergus Falls is in

All of Fergus Falls's residents live in Otter Tail County, which had 60,884 residents in 2024. Fergus Falls holds 23.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fergus Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fergus Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56537. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fergus Falls is

The Census internal point of Fergus Falls is at 46.285000, -96.076100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 170.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alexandria, MN (14,914 people), 43.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 53.7 miles away.

Daylight in Fergus Falls

At 46.29° N, Fergus Falls gets about 15 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fergus Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Pelican Rapids, 19.7 miles away, with 2,594 people.