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Aitkin County, MN

16,056 Population
1,821.4 square miles 8.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,503 ±$1,330 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,833 ±$1,982 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±1.4% (2,075  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±1.3 (148,430  ±8,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,222 ±168 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (15,810  ±13) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±1.8% (160  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,253 ±41 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$255,800 ±$8,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±1.2% (1,422  ±184.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±2.4% (11,992  ±301.3) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
20.3% ±1.2% (2,568  ±149.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.9% (147  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±0.7% (1,358  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,358 Total veterans ±95 1,238 Male ±83 120 Female ±39

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