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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="آلبرت لی، مینه‌سوتا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آلبرت لی، مینه‌سوتا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea_(Minnesota)" title="Albert Lea (Minnesota) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Albert Lea (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea_(Minnesota)" title="Albert Lea (Minnesota) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Albert Lea (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="آلبرت لی، مینه‌سوتا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلبرت لی، مینه‌سوتا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea_(Minnesota)" title="Albert Lea (Minnesota) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Albert Lea (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A6%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A4%D8%AA%D8%A7)" title="آلبرت لئا (مينسؤتا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="آلبرت لئا (مينسؤتا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC_(%EB%AF%B8%EB%84%A4%EC%86%8C%ED%83%80%EC%A3%BC)" title="앨버트리 (미네소타주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="앨버트리 (미네소타주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Albert Lea, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%9B%D0%B8_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Альберт Ли (Миннесота) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Альберт Ли (Миннесота)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Albert Lea, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%9B%D0%B8_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Альберт Ли (Миннесота) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Альберт Ли (Миннесота)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea_(Minnesota)" title="Albert Lea (Minnesota) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Albert Lea (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Albert Lea, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_(%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE)" title="आल्बर्ट ली (मिनेसोटा) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आल्बर्ट ली (मिनेसोटा)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="البرت ليا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="البرت ليا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%9B%D0%B8_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Альберт-Ли (Миннесота) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Альберт-Ли (Миннесота)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea_(Minnesota)" title="Albert Lea (Minnesota) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Albert Lea (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea" title="Albert Lea – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Albert Lea" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%9B%D0%B8" title="Альберт-Ли – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Альберт-Ли" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Albert Lea, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/File:AlbertLeaMNdowntown.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The historic downtown"><img alt="The historic downtown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/AlbertLeaMNdowntown.JPG/275px-AlbertLeaMNdowntown.JPG" decoding="async" width="275" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/AlbertLeaMNdowntown.JPG/413px-AlbertLeaMNdowntown.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/AlbertLeaMNdowntown.JPG/550px-AlbertLeaMNdowntown.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2786" data-file-height="1991" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The historic downtown</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Land Between the Lakes</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Freeborn_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Albert_Lea_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the city of Albert Lea within Freeborn County in the state of Minnesota"><img alt="Location of the city of Albert Lea within Freeborn County in the state of Minnesota" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Freeborn_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Albert_Lea_Highlighted.svg/250px-Freeborn_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Albert_Lea_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Freeborn_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Albert_Lea_Highlighted.svg/375px-Freeborn_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Albert_Lea_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, 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.longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&params=43_39_18_N_93_21_51_W_region:US-MN_type:city(18492)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">43°39′18″N</span> <span class="longitude">93°21′51″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.65500°N 93.36417°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.65500; -93.36417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Minnesota" title="List of counties in Minnesota">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Freeborn_County,_Minnesota" title="Freeborn County, Minnesota">Freeborn</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1855</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated (village)</th><td class="infobox-data">1859</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated (city)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1878</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rich_Murray_(politician)" title="Rich Murray (politician)">Rich Murray</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Manager</th><td class="infobox-data">Ian Rigg</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Attorney</th><td class="infobox-data">Kelly Martinez</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Public Safety Director</th><td class="infobox-data">JD Carlson</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">15.14 sq mi (39.21 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">13.29 sq mi (34.42 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1.85 sq mi (4.79 km<sup>2</sup>)  12.69%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,247 ft (380 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_(City)_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">18,492</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2022_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2022-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">18,396</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,391.53/sq mi (537.27/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">17,992</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">30,718 (US: <a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">428th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Albert Leans</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (CDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">56007</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_507" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 507">507</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">27-00694</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2393902<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityofalbertlea.org">cityofalbertlea.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Albert Lea</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">AL</span>-bərt <span style="font-size:90%">LEE</span></i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Freeborn_County,_Minnesota" title="Freeborn County, Minnesota">Freeborn County</a>, in southern <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a>. Its population was 18,492 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_(City)_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is at the junction of Interstates <a href="/wiki/Interstate_35_in_Minnesota" title="Interstate 35 in Minnesota">35</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_90_in_Minnesota" title="Interstate 90 in Minnesota">90</a>, about 90 miles (140 km) south of the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis-St._Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis-St. Paul">Twin Cities</a>. It is on the shores of Fountain Lake, Pickerel Lake, Albert Lea Lake, Goose Lake, School Lake, and Lake Chapeau. Fountain Lake and Albert Lea Lake are part of the <a href="/wiki/Shell_Rock_River" title="Shell Rock River">Shell Rock River</a> flowage. </p><p>The city's early growth was based on <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>, farming support services and <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a>, and it was a significant rail center. At one time it was the site of <a href="/wiki/Cargill" title="Cargill">Cargill</a>'s headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other manufacturing included <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Manufacturing_Company" title="Edwards Manufacturing Company">Edwards Manufacturing</a> (barn equipment), Scotsman Ice Machines, Streater Store fixtures, and Universal Milking Machines. As in many U.S. cities, Albert Lea's manufacturing base has substantially diminished. A major employer was the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Wilson" title="Thomas E. Wilson">Wilson & Company</a> meatpacking plant, later known as Farmstead and Farmland. This facility was destroyed by fire in July 2001. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Lea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Albert_Lea.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="224" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="224" /></a><figcaption>Albert Lea, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circa#English" class="extiw" title="wikt:circa">c.</a><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1862</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The city is named after Albert Lea Lake, which was named after Albert Miller Lea, a topographer with the United States <a href="/wiki/Dragoon#United_States" title="Dragoon">Dragoons</a>, who surveyed southern Minnesota and northern <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> in 1835, including the current site of Albert Lea.<sup id="cite_ref-EarlySett_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EarlySett-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Captain <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Boone" title="Nathan Boone">Nathan Boone</a>, a son of <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a>, was the scout for Lea's unit. </p><p>The city received national attention in 1959 after Local 6 of the <a href="/wiki/United_Packinghouse_Workers_of_America" title="United Packinghouse Workers of America">United Packinghouse Workers of America</a> went on strike against Wilson & Co., one of the Big Four meatpacking plants at the time, over issues involving mandatory overtime requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-isbn_Cheri_Register_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbn_Cheri_Register-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Wilson & Co. attempted to operate the plant with replacement workers, violence erupted and split the town. During the 109-day strike, Governor <a href="/wiki/Orville_Freeman" title="Orville Freeman">Orville Freeman</a> acted to quell the violence by closing the plant, calling in the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_National_Guard" title="Minnesota National Guard">Minnesota National Guard</a>, and declaring martial law on December 11.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A federal district court in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> ruled against Freeman on December 23, and the plant turned back to Wilson & Co. just days later.<sup id="cite_ref-isbn_Richard_T_Frost_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbn_Richard_T_Frost-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has an area of 14.42 square miles (37.35 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 12.59 square miles (32.61 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 1.83 square miles (4.74 km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_files_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_files-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Myre-Big_Island_State_Park" title="Myre-Big Island State Park">Myre-Big Island State Park</a> is nearby. There are three main lakes in Albert Lea: Fountain Lake, Pickerel Lake and Albert Lea Lake. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:100%;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Lea,_Minnesota.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Albert Lea, Minnesota" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Albert_Lea%2C_Minnesota.jpg/300px-Albert_Lea%2C_Minnesota.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Albert_Lea%2C_Minnesota.jpg/450px-Albert_Lea%2C_Minnesota.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Albert_Lea%2C_Minnesota.jpg/600px-Albert_Lea%2C_Minnesota.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9458" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albert Lea has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> of the hot-summer subtype (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Dfa</i>). Albert Lea varies from cold winters to hot summers, with significant contrasts between seasons. Its climate type is typical for inland northern United States locations, but due to its southern position in the state, its summers and winters have higher temperatures than other, more northerly regions of the state. An exception to this rule is the urban core of <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> - <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a>, which sees higher temperatures typical of an <a href="/wiki/Urban_heat_island" title="Urban heat island">urban heat island</a>, but Albert Lea is significantly warmer than locations such as <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a>. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Albert Lea, Minnesota (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1885–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.1<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.3<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.7<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.7<br />(26.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.1<br />(31.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.2<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.8<br />(33.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.5<br />(31.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.9<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.8<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.6<br />(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">94.5<br />(34.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.5<br />(−5.3) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(−2.7) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.6<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.1<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.0<br />(20.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.3<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.6<br />(27.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.2<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.0<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.9<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.1<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(−2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">54.5<br />(12.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(−9.9) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(−7.5) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.1<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.7<br />(20.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.0<br />(22.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.6<br />(20.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.3<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(−6.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45.2<br />(7.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #9898FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(−14.5) </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(−12.3) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(−5.1) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.1<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.0<br />(15.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.5<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.1<br />(10.6) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.7<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(−3.7) </td> <td style="background: #AFAFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(−10.3) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.9<br />(2.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #5656FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−16.2<br />(−26.8) </td> <td style="background: #6565FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−11.1<br />(−23.9) </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.2<br />(−17.9) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(−6.2) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.8<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.2<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.2<br />(11.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.1<br />(9.5) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(−5.2) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(−13.7) </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.7<br />(−22.6) </td> <td style="background: #4E4EFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−18.8<br />(−28.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−41<br />(−41) </td> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−33<br />(−36) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−29<br />(−34) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(−16) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6<br />(−21) </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−18<br />(−28) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−29<br />(−34) </td> <td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−41<br />(−41) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.89<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #DBFFDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.87<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.94<br />(49) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.74<br />(95) </td> <td style="background: #47FF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.85<br />(123) </td> <td style="background: #2AFF2A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.44<br />(138) </td> <td style="background: #49FF49; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.81<br />(122) </td> <td style="background: #5EFF5E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.27<br />(108) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.71<br />(94) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.58<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.54<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #D3FFD3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.13<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.77<br />(909) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #0000A7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #000065; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.5<br />(100) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #6060FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.4 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">110.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1 </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-nws_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nws-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>262</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>1,966</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>3,305</td><td></td><td>68.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>4,500</td><td></td><td>36.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>6,192</td><td></td><td>37.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>8,056</td><td></td><td>30.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>10,169</td><td></td><td>26.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>12,200</td><td></td><td>20.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>13,545</td><td></td><td>11.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>17,108</td><td></td><td>26.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>19,418</td><td></td><td>13.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>19,200</td><td></td><td>−1.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>18,310</td><td></td><td>−4.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>18,356</td><td></td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>18,016</td><td></td><td>−1.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>18,492</td><td></td><td>2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2022 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">18,396</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2022_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2022-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>−0.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2020 Census<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_(City)_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2010, there were 18,016 people, 7,774 households, and 4,644 families living in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,431.0 inhabitants per square mile (552.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 8,410 housing units at an average density of 668.0 per square mile (257.9/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 90.0% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 5.3% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 2.1% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 13.2% of the population. </p><p>There were 7,774 households, of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.3% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.85. </p><p>The median age in the city was 44 years. 21.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22% were from 25 to 44; 26.3% were from 45 to 64; and 22.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2000, there were 18,356 people, 7,785 households, and 4,826 families living in the city. The population density was 1,702.5 inhabitants per square mile (657.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 8,133 housing units at an average density of 754.3 per square mile (291.2/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 92.80% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.37% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.29% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.80% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 4.54% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 1.18% from two or more races. 9.48% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>Of the 7,785 households, 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.0% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.88. </p><p>23.0% of Albert Lea's population were under the age of 18, 7.9% were 18 to 24, 24.6% were 25 to 44, 23.2% were from 45 to 64, and 21.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $32,841, and the median income for a family was $42,407. Males had a median income of $31,383 versus $21,114 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $17,979. 10.2% of the population and 6.9% of families were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>. 10.6% of those under the age of 18 and 10.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MarionRossAlbertLeaMN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/MarionRossAlbertLeaMN.jpg/220px-MarionRossAlbertLeaMN.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/MarionRossAlbertLeaMN.jpg/330px-MarionRossAlbertLeaMN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/MarionRossAlbertLeaMN.jpg/440px-MarionRossAlbertLeaMN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2788" data-file-height="2552" /></a><figcaption>Marion Ross Performing Arts Center</figcaption></figure> <p>The Marion Ross Performing Arts Center is a historic building in downtown Albert Lea. The 255-seat theater is used for the arts, business meetings, and seminars.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Freeborn County Fair takes place annually in Albert Lea, and includes live entertainment, an antique tractor show, a draft horse show, a small and baby animal show, a midway featuring rides, concessions, and other attractions, and a Sunday church service. A number of well-known and popular Country and Western bands have appeared at the Fair, including Kelly Pickler, Jason Aldean, the Oak Ridge Boys, the Statler Brothers, among many others.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Albert Lea Art Center hosts public events.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea_Thunder" title="Albert Lea Thunder">Albert Lea Thunder</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Junior_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior hockey">junior hockey</a> team that played at Albert Lea Ice Arena and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Hockey_League" title="North American Hockey League">North American Hockey League</a>. The team operated for two seasons in 2008–10 and folded due to financial difficulties. On May 11, 2010, it was reported that the team had found new owners and would relocate to Texas for the 2010–11 season.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its roster was sold to the expansion Amarillo, Texas, franchise the Amarillo Bulls on May 26, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albert Lea's city hall is at 221 East Clark St. Albert Lea is in <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 1st congressional district">Minnesota's 1st congressional district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Brad_Finstad" title="Brad Finstad">Brad Finstad</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_Ulm,_Minnesota" title="New Ulm, Minnesota">New Ulm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is in Minnesota State Senate District 23, represented by State Senator <a href="/wiki/Gene_Dornink" title="Gene Dornink">Gene Dornink</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> from <a href="/wiki/Brownsdale,_Minnesota" title="Brownsdale, Minnesota">Brownsdale</a>, and in Minnesota's House District 23A, represented by <a href="/wiki/Peggy_Bennett" title="Peggy Bennett">Peggy Bennett</a>, a Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#ccccff">Presidential election results</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"> <caption>Precinct General Election Results<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <th>Year </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Third_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Party (United States)">Third parties</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.4%</b> <i>4,742</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.5% <i>4,296</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">2.1% <i>192</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.8%</b> <i>4,316</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.2% <i>3,657</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">8.0% <i>692</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.0% <i>3,523</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.8%</b> <i>5,303</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">2.2% <i>202</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.9% <i>3,522</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.8%</b> <i>5,562</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">2.3% <i>211</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.9% <i>2,801</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.8%</b> <i>5,377</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">1.4% <i>126</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.3% <i>3,381</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.2%</b> <i>4,749</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">5.5% <i>479</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.6% <i>2,576</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.7%</b> <i>4,772</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">12.7% <i>1,072</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election" title="1992 United States presidential election">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.0% <i>2,727</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47.5%</b> <i>4,463</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">23.5% <i>2,201</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election" title="1988 United States presidential election">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.7% <i>3,608</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.3%</b> <i>4,654</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">0.0% <i>0</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election" title="1984 United States presidential election">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.1% <i>4,158</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.9%</b> <i>5,060</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">0.0% <i>0</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.3% <i>4,048</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.1%</b> <i>4,392</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">5.6% <i>503</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.9% <i>4,255</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.9%</b> <i>4,711</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">1.2% <i>110</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" title="1972 United States presidential election">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.2%</b> <i>4,825</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.8% <i>3,679</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">1.0% <i>82</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.5% <i>3,374</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.7%</b> <i>4,344</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">2.8% <i>226</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election" title="1964 United States presidential election">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.0% <i>2,969</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.9%</b> <i>5,048</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">0.1% <i>14</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election" title="1960 United States presidential election">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.2%</b> <i>4,231</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.7% <i>3,563</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;">0.1% <i>11</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:184px;max-width:184px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Albert Lea High School</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:182px;max-width:182px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Lea_High_School.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Albert Lea High School" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Albert_Lea_High_School.jpg/180px-Albert_Lea_High_School.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Albert_Lea_High_School.jpg/270px-Albert_Lea_High_School.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Albert_Lea_High_School.jpg/360px-Albert_Lea_High_School.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4874" data-file-height="2150" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:182px;max-width:182px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Lea_High_School-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Albert Lea High School athletic fields" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Albert_Lea_High_School-3.jpg/180px-Albert_Lea_High_School-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Albert_Lea_High_School-3.jpg/270px-Albert_Lea_High_School-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Albert_Lea_High_School-3.jpg/360px-Albert_Lea_High_School-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3979" data-file-height="2970" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="School District">School District</a> 241 <ul><li>Alternative Learning Center</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_education" title="Primary education">Elementary schools</a> <ul><li>Halverson Elementary</li> <li>Hawthorne Elementary</li> <li>Lakeview Elementary</li> <li>Sibley Elementary</li> <li>St. Theodore's Catholic School</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_school" title="Middle school">Middle schools</a> <ul><li>Southwest Middle School</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_school_(North_America)" title="High school (North America)">High school</a> <ul><li>Albert Lea High School</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">Higher education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Riverland_Community_College" title="Riverland Community College">Riverland Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lea_College" title="Lea College">Lea College</a>, operated 1966–1973</li></ul></li> <li>Community education <ul><li>Albert Lea Community Ed</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea_Tribune" title="Albert Lea Tribune">Albert Lea Tribune</a>, founded in 1897, is a newspaper published Monday through Saturday in Albert Lea. It is owned by <a href="/wiki/Boone_Newspapers" title="Boone Newspapers">Boone Newspapers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MNA_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MNA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Radio stations with Albert Lea as the city of license include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KATE" title="KATE">KATE</a> an AM radio station broadcasting at 1450 kHz. The station airs news/talk programming and is owned by <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Media" title="Alpha Media">Alpha Media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCPI" title="KCPI">KCPI</a> "94.9 The Breeze" an FM radio station broadcasting at 94.9 MHz. The station airs an adult contemporary music programming and is owned by <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Media" title="Alpha Media">Alpha Media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQPR" title="KQPR">KQPR</a> "Power 96" an FM radio station broadcasting at 96.1 MHz. The station airs classic rock music programming and is owned by D&Z Media LLC.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Lea_airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Albert_Lea_airport.jpg/220px-Albert_Lea_airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Albert_Lea_airport.jpg/330px-Albert_Lea_airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Albert_Lea_airport.jpg/440px-Albert_Lea_airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6166" data-file-height="1864" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea_Municipal_Airport" title="Albert Lea Municipal Airport">Albert Lea Municipal Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Local bus service in Albert Lea is provided by <a href="/wiki/Southern_Minnesota_Area_Rural_Transit" title="Southern Minnesota Area Rural Transit">SMART</a>. SMART operates one deviated fixed route and paratransit service.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clare_Hibbs_Armstrong" title="Clare Hibbs Armstrong">Clare Hibbs Armstrong</a>, brigadier general during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Berglund_(Minnesota_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Berglund (Minnesota politician)">Alfred Berglund</a>, Minnesota state senator and farmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Gjertsen_Bessesen" title="Beatrice Gjertsen Bessesen">Beatrice Gjertsen Bessesen</a> (1886–1935), operatic soprano and namesake of the <a href="/wiki/Bessesen_Building" title="Bessesen Building">Bessesen Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brown_(Canadian_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Brown (Canadian football)">Tom Brown (Canadian football)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers">Minnesota Golden Gophers</a> and <a href="/wiki/BC_Lions" title="BC Lions">BC Lions</a> football star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Carlson_(actor)" title="Richard Carlson (actor)">Richard Carlson</a>, sci-fi and horror, writer, director and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinny_Cerrato" title="Vinny Cerrato">Vinny Cerrato</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> general manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cochran" title="Eddie Cochran">Eddie Cochran</a>, rockabilly musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crumb" title="Robert Crumb">Robert Crumb</a>, cartoonist and musician<sup id="cite_ref-ameshistoricalsociety-r_crumb_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ameshistoricalsociety-r_crumb-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fitzgerald_(Minnesota_politician)" title="Richard Fitzgerald (Minnesota politician)">Richard Fitzgerald</a>, farmer, businessman, and Minnesota state legislator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a>, comedian, commentator and U.S. Senator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Claire_Graham" title="Joan Claire Graham">Joan Claire Graham</a>, writer, editor and publisher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Grinager" title="Alexander Grinager">Alexander Grinager</a>, an artist most noted for his murals, born in Albert Lea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Hanson" title="Rudolph Hanson">Rudolph Hanson</a>, lawyer and Minnesota state legislator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Heitzeg" title="Steve Heitzeg">Steve Heitzeg</a>, composer, born in Albert Lea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kelly_(artist)" title="Mary Kelly (artist)">Mary Kelly</a>, conceptual artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodi_Jill" title="Jodi Jill">Jodi Jill</a>, author, also known for having been raised as a child in a public storage facility</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Lovely" title="John A. Lovely">John A. Lovely</a>, Minnesota Supreme Court justice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Overgaard" title="Paul Overgaard">Paul Overgaard</a>, businessman and Minnesota state legislator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Penny" title="Tim Penny">Tim Penny</a>, U.S. Representative (1983–1995), born in Albert Lea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Piepho" title="Mark Piepho">Mark Piepho</a>, businessman and Minnesota state legislator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Ross" title="Marion Ross">Marion Ross</a>, actress (<i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Days" title="Happy Days">Happy Days</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_Nelson_Russell" title="Olive Nelson Russell">Olive Nelson Russell</a>, composer, organist, and pianist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Saturn" title="Perry Saturn">Perry Saturn</a>, professional wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Sieglaff" title="William B. Sieglaff">William B. Sieglaff</a>, double Navy Cross recipient and US Navy Admiral</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Stowell" title="Warren Stowell">Warren Stowell</a>, teacher, businessman, and Minnesota state legislator</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Conger%E2%80%93Albert_Lea_tornado" title="2010 Conger–Albert Lea tornado">2010 Conger–Albert Lea tornado</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea_Municipal_Airport" title="Albert Lea Municipal Airport">Albert Lea Municipal Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea_Public_Library" title="Albert Lea Public Library">Albert Lea Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AARP/Blue_Zones_Vitality_Project" title="AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project">AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Lea,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt">"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files"</a>. 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/>communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong,_Minnesota" title="Armstrong, Minnesota">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corning,_Minnesota" title="Corning, Minnesota">Corning</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Minnesota" title="Mansfield, Minnesota">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordonsville,_Minnesota" title="Gordonsville, Minnesota">Gordonsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Minnesota" title="London, Minnesota">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Island,_Freeborn_County,_Minnesota" title="Maple Island, Freeborn County, Minnesota">Maple Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moscow,_Minnesota" title="Moscow, Minnesota">Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_Minnesota" title="Oakland, Minnesota">Oakland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petran,_Minnesota" title="Petran, Minnesota">Petran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Minnesota" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Minnesota">Tourist attractions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mall_of_America" title="Mall of America">Mall of America</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Minnesota" title="Transportation in Minnesota">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Minnesota" title="Abortion in Minnesota">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Minnesota" title="Culture of Minnesota">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Minnesota" title="Crime in Minnesota">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Minnesota" title="Demographics of Minnesota">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Minnesota" title="Economy of Minnesota">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Minnesota" title="Education in Minnesota">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Minnesota">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Minnesota" title="Law of Minnesota">Law</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Minnesota" title="Cannabis in Minnesota">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Minnesota" title="Gun laws in Minnesota">Guns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Minnesota">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_shows_and_movies_in_Minnesota" title="List of television shows and movies in Minnesota">Movies and TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Minnesota" title="Music of Minnesota">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Minnesota" title="List of newspapers in Minnesota">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Minnesota" title="Politics of Minnesota">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Minnesota" title="Religion in Minnesota">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Minnesota" title="Sports in Minnesota">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater in Minnesota">Theater</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Minnesota#Regions" title="Geography of Minnesota">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrowhead_Region" title="Arrowhead Region">Arrowhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Waters" title="Boundary Waters">Boundary Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Ridge" title="Buffalo Ridge">Buffalo Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Minnesota" title="Central Minnesota">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coteau_des_Prairies" title="Coteau des Prairies">Coteau des Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissected_Till_Plains" title="Dissected Till Plains">Dissected Till Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area" title="Driftless Area">Driftless Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Range" title="Iron Range">Iron Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_River" title="Minnesota River">Minnesota River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Lake_Superior)" title="North Shore (Lake Superior)">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Angle" title="Northwest Angle">Northwest Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurentian_Mixed_Forest_Province" title="Laurentian Mixed Forest Province">North Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipestone_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipestone Region">Pipestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Valley" title="Red River Valley">Red River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siouxland" title="Siouxland">Siouxland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Minnesota" title="Southeast Minnesota">Southeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul">Twin Cities metropolitan area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Minnesota" title="List of cities in Minnesota">Largest cities<br />pop. over 25,000</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andover,_Minnesota" title="Andover, Minnesota">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Valley,_Minnesota" title="Apple Valley, Minnesota">Apple Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Minnesota" title="Blaine, Minnesota">Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Minnesota" title="Bloomington, Minnesota">Bloomington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Center,_Minnesota" title="Brooklyn Center, Minnesota">Brooklyn Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Park,_Minnesota" title="Brooklyn Park, Minnesota">Brooklyn Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnsville,_Minnesota" title="Burnsville, Minnesota">Burnsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanhassen,_Minnesota" title="Chanhassen, Minnesota">Chanhassen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaska,_Minnesota" title="Chaska, Minnesota">Chaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coon_Rapids,_Minnesota" title="Coon Rapids, Minnesota">Coon Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottage_Grove,_Minnesota" title="Cottage Grove, Minnesota">Cottage Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagan,_Minnesota" title="Eagan, Minnesota">Eagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_Prairie,_Minnesota" title="Eden Prairie, Minnesota">Eden Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edina,_Minnesota" title="Edina, Minnesota">Edina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_River,_Minnesota" title="Elk River, Minnesota">Elk River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fridley,_Minnesota" title="Fridley, Minnesota">Fridley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inver_Grove_Heights,_Minnesota" title="Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota">Inver Grove Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Minnesota" title="Lakeville, Minnesota">Lakeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Grove,_Minnesota" title="Maple Grove, Minnesota">Maple Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maplewood,_Minnesota" title="Maplewood, Minnesota">Maplewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnetonka,_Minnesota" title="Minnetonka, Minnesota">Minnetonka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorhead,_Minnesota" title="Moorhead, Minnesota">Moorhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakdale,_Minnesota" title="Oakdale, Minnesota">Oakdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owatonna,_Minnesota" title="Owatonna, Minnesota">Owatonna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Minnesota" title="Plymouth, Minnesota">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_Lake,_Minnesota" title="Prior Lake, Minnesota">Prior Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey, Minnesota">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richfield,_Minnesota" title="Richfield, Minnesota">Richfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemount,_Minnesota" title="Rosemount, Minnesota">Rosemount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseville,_Minnesota" title="Roseville, Minnesota">Roseville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Cloud,_Minnesota" title="St. Cloud, Minnesota">St. Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Park,_Minnesota" title="St. Louis Park, Minnesota">St. Louis Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savage,_Minnesota" title="Savage, Minnesota">Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota" title="Shakopee, Minnesota">Shakopee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreview,_Minnesota" title="Shoreview, Minnesota">Shoreview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winona,_Minnesota" title="Winona, Minnesota">Winona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbury,_Minnesota" title="Woodbury, Minnesota">Woodbury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Minnesota" title="List of counties in Minnesota">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aitkin_County,_Minnesota" title="Aitkin County, Minnesota">Aitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="Anoka County, Minnesota">Anoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becker_County,_Minnesota" title="Becker County, Minnesota">Becker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltrami_County,_Minnesota" title="Beltrami County, Minnesota">Beltrami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_County,_Minnesota" title="Big Stone County, Minnesota">Big Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth County, Minnesota">Blue Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="Brown County, Minnesota">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_County,_Minnesota" title="Carlton County, Minnesota">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="Carver County, Minnesota">Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="Cass County, Minnesota">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Minnesota" title="Chippewa County, Minnesota">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chisago_County,_Minnesota" title="Chisago County, Minnesota">Chisago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Minnesota" title="Clay County, Minnesota">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_County,_Minnesota" title="Clearwater County, Minnesota">Clearwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Minnesota" title="Cook County, Minnesota">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_County,_Minnesota" title="Cottonwood County, Minnesota">Cottonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_County,_Minnesota" title="Crow Wing County, Minnesota">Crow Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County,_Minnesota" title="Dodge County, Minnesota">Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Minnesota" title="Douglas County, Minnesota">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faribault_County,_Minnesota" title="Faribault County, Minnesota">Faribault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeborn_County,_Minnesota" title="Freeborn County, Minnesota">Freeborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodhue_County,_Minnesota" title="Goodhue County, Minnesota">Goodhue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Minnesota" title="Grant County, Minnesota">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="Hennepin County, Minnesota">Hennepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Minnesota" title="Houston County, Minnesota">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubbard_County,_Minnesota" title="Hubbard County, Minnesota">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isanti_County,_Minnesota" title="Isanti County, Minnesota">Isanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Minnesota" title="Jackson County, Minnesota">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanabec_County,_Minnesota" title="Kanabec County, Minnesota">Kanabec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandiyohi_County,_Minnesota" title="Kandiyohi County, Minnesota">Kandiyohi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittson_County,_Minnesota" title="Kittson County, Minnesota">Kittson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koochiching_County,_Minnesota" title="Koochiching County, Minnesota">Koochiching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_qui_Parle_County,_Minnesota" title="Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota">Lac qui Parle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake County, Minnesota">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods_County,_Minnesota" title="Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota">Lake of the Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Sueur_County,_Minnesota" title="Le Sueur County, Minnesota">Le Sueur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Minnesota" title="Lincoln County, Minnesota">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Minnesota" title="Lyon County, Minnesota">Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahnomen_County,_Minnesota" title="Mahnomen County, Minnesota">Mahnomen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Minnesota" title="Marshall County, Minnesota">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Minnesota" title="Martin County, Minnesota">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLeod_County,_Minnesota" title="McLeod County, Minnesota">McLeod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meeker_County,_Minnesota" title="Meeker County, Minnesota">Meeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_County,_Minnesota" title="Mille Lacs County, Minnesota">Mille Lacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrison_County,_Minnesota" title="Morrison County, Minnesota">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mower_County,_Minnesota" title="Mower County, Minnesota">Mower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_County,_Minnesota" title="Murray County, Minnesota">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicollet_County,_Minnesota" title="Nicollet County, Minnesota">Nicollet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobles_County,_Minnesota" title="Nobles County, Minnesota">Nobles</a></li> 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