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Washington County, MN

278,936 Population
384.7 square miles 725 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,237 ±$2,569 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,530 ±$490
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$110,729 ±$3,568 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Minnesota: $85,086 ±$768
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

4.8% ±1% (13,254  ±2,845) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 520,602 (±0.3% / ±17,281)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24 minutes ±0.9 (2,713,815  ±134,567) 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

109,093 ±1,070 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,344,432 ±8,041
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (275,720  ±32) 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

2.9% ±0.9% (1,781  ±586) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,480 (±0.4% / ±4,671)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

111,824 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,574,932 ±884
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$415,100 ±$11,551 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $328,600 ±$2,055
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.7% ±1.5% (26,897  ±4,217.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 11.6% 659,433 (±0.4% / ±20,311.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.8% ±3.2% (184,922  ±6,102.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 94.3% 3,717,752 (±0.6% / ±25,630.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
51.3% ±2.1% (97,990  ±4,078.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,576,206 (±0.4% / ±16,230.7)
  • about 1.4 times 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

8.2% (22,915  ±2,896) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 495,352
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.4% ±0.8% (11,407  ±1,660) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than 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)
11,407 Total veterans ±1,660 10,227 Male ±1,476 1,180 Female ±521

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