Perham Wedding

Perham is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,559 at the 2000 census.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.8 km (2.6 mi), all land. Perham is well-known among Canadians for producing legendary Canadian Football League pioneer Fritz Hanson.

As of the census2 of 2000, there were 2,559 people, 1,104 households, and 642 families residing in the city. The population density was 377.1/km (976.2/mi). There were 1,167 housing units at an average density of 172.0/km (445.2/mi). The racial makeup of the city was 96.99% White, 0.35% African American, 1.02% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.66% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.13% of the population.

There were 1,104 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.95.