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Aitkin County, MN

15,859 Population
1,821.4 square miles 8.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,980 ±$1,014 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $44,947 ±$204
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$56,406 ±$2,136 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $84,313 ±$348
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

12.4% ±1.3% (1,931  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 516,284 (±0.2% / ±8,477)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

28.6 minutes ±1.2 (151,765  ±7,647) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.3 59,047,540 (±0.1 / ±291,916)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

6,797 ±149 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,256,126 ±5,182
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.3 ±0.1 (15,608  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,559,006
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

5.4% ±1.6% (128  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 5.7% 72,855 (±0.1% / ±1,692)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

14,197 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,493,956 ±1,093
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$222,100 ±$6,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $286,800 ±$744
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

8.9% ±1.1% (1,403  ±,178.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 13.1% 737,388 (±0.2% / ±9,047.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

92.6% ±2.3% (11,462  ±,288.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.7% 3,631,167 (±0.3% / ±12,035.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
18.3% ±1.1% (2,271  ±,136.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 38.2% 1,479,840 (±0.2% / ±7,795.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

0.7% (113  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 481,922
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

11% ±0.8% (1,456  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.3% 276,071 (±0.1% / ±3,148)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,456 Total veterans ±103 1,346 Male ±95 110 Female ±31

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