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Big Stone County, MN

5,152 Population
499.1 square miles 10.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,923 ±$2,301 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$65,475 ±$6,670 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

11.5% ±2.8% (572  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.4 minutes ±1.5 (38,690  ±3,669) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,179 ±83 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (4,946  ±9) 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

8% ±3.3% (72  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,984 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$135,700 ±$20,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.3% ±2.2% (473  ±110) 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

93.3% ±4.9% (3,476  ±184.3) 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)
21.3% ±2.7% (795  ±100) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.8% (94  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.4% ±1.4% (297  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
297 Total veterans ±55 282 Male ±52 15 Female ±11

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