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Bemidji, MN

15,569 Population
17.4 square miles 892.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 35.3 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,542 ±$2,462 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: $35,509 ±$1,130
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,405 ±$4,666 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: $68,975 ±$3,678
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.3% ±3.2% (3,010  ±456) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 16.1% † 7,178 (±1.8% / ±821)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.4 minutes ±2.7 (125,205  ±20,514) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 21 410,845 (±1.3 / ±26,437)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,636 ±250 Number of households
  • the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 18,172 ±288
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (13,967  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 2.5 44,566 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±2.9% (236  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 5.1% † 535 (±1.3% / ±135)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,232 ±295 Number of housing units
  • the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 21,729 ±75
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$198,300 ±$22,379 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: $237,500 ±$8,277
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29.8% ±4.5% (4,568  ±687.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 15.5% † 7,108 (±1.8% / ±814.8)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±6.1% (8,091  ±614.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 92.3% 26,771 (±3% / ±869.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.5% ±4% (2,849  ±365.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 31.8% 9,232 (±1.8% / ±514.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% ±0.7% (352  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 1.4% 669
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.7% (746  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bemidji, MN Micro Area: 7.5% † 2,633 (±0.8% / ±280)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
746 Total veterans ±211 643 Male ±174 103 Female ±90

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