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Aitkin County, MN

15,930 Population
1,821.4 square miles 8.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,185 ±$1,031 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$59,498 ±$2,209 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.4% ±1.1% (1,937  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

29 minutes ±1.3 (153,985  ±8,606) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,935 ±184 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (15,674  ±15) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.7% ±1.7% (139  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

14,203 ±60 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$235,100 ±$7,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.6% ±1.2% (1,523  ±193) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.6% ±2.3% (11,714  ±295.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
19% ±1.2% (2,373  ±145.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.7% (113  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.5% ±0.8% (1,407  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,407 Total veterans ±109 1,280 Male ±96 127 Female ±36

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