Minnesota Quickfacts from US Census Bureau

People QuickFacts
Minnesota
USA

Population, 2005 estimate
5,132,799
296,410,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005
4.3%
5.3%

Population, 2000
4,919,479
281,421,906

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005
6.5%
6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005
24.0%
24.8%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
12.1%
12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2005
50.4%
50.7%


White persons, percent, 2005 (a)
89.6%
80.2%

Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)
4.3%
12.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)
1.2%
1.0%

Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)
3.4%
4.3%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)
0.1%
0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005
1.4%
1.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)
3.6%
14.4%

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
86.3%
66.9%


Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
57.0%
54.1%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
5.3%
11.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
8.5%
17.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
87.9%
80.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
27.4%
24.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
679,236
49,746,248

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
21.9
25.5


Housing units, 2005
2,252,022
124,521,886

Homeownership rate, 2000
74.6%
66.2%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
22.3%
26.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
$122,400
$119,600


Households, 2000
1,895,127
105,480,101

Persons per household, 2000
2.52
2.59

Median household income, 2003
$50,750
$43,318

Per capita money income, 1999
$23,198
$21,587

Persons below poverty, percent, 2003
8.0%
12.5%

Business QuickFacts
Minnesota
USA

Private nonfarm establishments, 2004
148,6261
7,387,724

Private nonfarm employment, 2004
2,393,1261
115,074,924

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004
-0.1%1
0.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 2004
361,080
19,523,741


Total number of firms, 2002
443,827
22,974,655

Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
1.8%
5.2%

American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002
0.6%
0.9%

Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
1.7%
4.8%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002
NA
0.1%

Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002
0.9%
6.8%

Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
27.9%
28.2%


Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)
80,623,873
3,916,136,712

Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)
108,388,816
4,634,755,112

Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
60,015,531
3,056,421,997

Retail sales per capita, 2002
$11,943
$10,615

Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)
7,959,590
449,498,718

Building permits, 2005
36,509
2,155,316

Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
28,790,7411
2,143,781,7272

Geography QuickFacts
Minnesota
USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)
79,610
3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000
61.8
79.6

FIPS Code
27
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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms
Data Quality StatementWhat do you think of QuickFacts?Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:55 EST