Red Lake, Minnesota
| Red Lake, Minnesota | |
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| CDP | |
 Location of Red Lake in Beltrami County and Minnesota |
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| Coordinates: 47°52′38″N 95°0′44″W / 47.87722°N 95.01222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Beltrami |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.1 sq mi (13.1 km2) |
| • Land | 4.8 sq mi (12.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,211 ft (369 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,731 |
| • Density | 340/sq mi (130/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 56671 |
| Area code(s) | 218 |
| FIPS code | 27-53458 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0649864 |
Red Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) within the Lower Red Lake unorganized territory located in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, Red Lake had a total population of 1,731. The Red Lake Indian Reservation is based in Red Lake.
On March 21, 2005, the town was the scene of a shooting spree. Jeff Weise, a 16-year-old Ojibwe high school student, murdered his grandfather and his girlfriend with a Ruger .22-caliber pistol at his trailer home, drove to the senior high school in Red Lake, and murdered a security guard, a schoolteacher, and five students with a Remington 12-gauge shotgun. The shooting ended when Weise committed suicide. The community has since struggled; the shooting separated families and challenged the faith of many.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.1 mi² (13.1 km²), of which 4.8 mi² (12.5 km²) is land and 0.2 mi² (0.6 km²), 4.70%, is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,430 people, 400 households, and 320 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 110.2/mi² (42.5/km²). There were 421 housing units at an average density of 32.4² (12.5/km(). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.69% Native American, 1.82% White, 0.28% Black or African American, 0.07% from other races, and 0.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.47% of the population.
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