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Aitkin County, MN

15,747 Population
1,821.4 square miles 8.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$29,720 ±$1,195 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $41,204 ±$207
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$50,900 ±$2,019 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $77,706 ±$350
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

11.6% ±1.3% (1,804  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 512,312 (±0.2% / ±8,170)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

28.2 minutes ±0.9 (152,650  ±7,719) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.5 60,955,720 (±0.1 / ±292,529)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

6,595 ±177 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,229,100 ±4,779
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.4 ±0.1 (15,515  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,545,274 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

4.7% ±1.5% (112  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.8% 73,901 (±0.1% / ±1,614)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

14,235 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,470,483 ±651
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$195,700 ±$6,632 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $250,200 ±$838
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

8.8% ±1.1% (1,375  ±167.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 13.3% 747,072 (±0.2% / ±10,654.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

91.8% ±2.4% (11,226  ±301) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.6% 3,599,891 (±0.3% / ±11,678)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
17.2% ±1.1% (2,107  ±137.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 37.6% 1,445,462 (±0.2% / ±7,639.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

0.9% ±0.3% (140  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 479,231 (±0.1% / ±5,250)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

11.5% ±0.8% (1,505  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.5% 282,627 (±0.1% / ±2,583)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
1,505 Total veterans ±101 1,396 Male ±91 109 Female ±35

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