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Dakota County, MN

447,440 Population
562.6 square miles 795.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,892 ±$1,401 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,530 ±$490
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$99,830 ±$3,257 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $85,086 ±$768
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

5.8% ±1% (25,750  ±4,503) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 520,602 (±0.3% / ±17,281)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.9 minutes ±0.8 (4,599,175  ±196,407) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 57,181,020 (±0.2 / ±607,855)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

176,865 ±1,333 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,344,432 ±8,041
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (444,308  ±75) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,597,421
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.3% ±1.1% (4,421  ±1,155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,480 (±0.4% / ±4,671)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

181,431 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,574,932 ±884
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$383,600 ±$6,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $328,600 ±$2,055
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.3% ±1.3% (50,156  ±5,900.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 11.6% 659,433 (±0.4% / ±20,311.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.7% ±2.5% (290,200  ±7,756) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.3% 3,717,752 (±0.6% / ±25,630.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
45.1% ±1.6% (138,222  ±4,989.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,576,206 (±0.4% / ±16,230.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.2% (41,172  ±3,913) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 495,352
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.6% ±0.6% (19,090  ±2,096) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.7% 251,015 (±0.2% / ±6,521)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
19,090 Total veterans ±2,096 18,063 Male ±2,021 1,027 Female ±447

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