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Big Stone County, MN

5,127 Population
499.1 square miles 10.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,277 ±$2,743 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,400 ±$5,652 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.9% ±2.7% (645  ±132) 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)

18.4 minutes ±1.3 (36,340  ±3,540) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent 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

2,136 ±78 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (4,910  ±11) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±2.8% (57  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,001 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,100 ±$16,418 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±2.4% (459  ±122.2) 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

93.9% ±5.7% (3,474  ±215.2) 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)
25.7% ±3.1% (951  ±114.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.8% (91  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.2% (266  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
266 Total veterans ±47 259 Male ±47 7 Female ±8

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