City profile · Small City
Moorhead, Minnesota
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Moorhead, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Shelly Carlson
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 32,177
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcemoorheadmn.gov/government/mayor-and-council-members ↗
- Official leadership pagemoorheadmn.gov/government/mayor-and-council-members ↗
- City websitemoorheadmn.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Shelly Carlson CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 32,177
- Median household income
- $68,680
- Median age
- 31
- Land area
- 22.28 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,444.2 per sq mi
- County
- Clay County
- Metro area
- Fargo, ND-MN
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