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Blue Earth County, MN

70,006 Population
747.8 square miles 93.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,010 ±$2,276 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $46,530 ±$490
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$66,249 ±$4,538 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $85,086 ±$768
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.6% ±2.8% (10,265  ±1,860) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 520,602 (±0.3% / ±17,281)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

17.4 minutes ±0.7 (596,885  ±27,015) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 23.3 59,047,540 (±0.1 / ±291,916)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

27,037 ±1,053 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,344,432 ±8,041
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (65,319  ±201) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 † 5,597,421 (±,237 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.6% ±2.6% (865  ±501) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,480 (±0.4% / ±4,671)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

30,183 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,574,932 ±884
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$276,300 ±$12,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $328,600 ±$2,055
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

20.9% ±3.5% (14,395  ±2,419.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 11.6% 659,433 (±0.4% / ±20,311.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93.1% ±6% (38,026  ±2,650.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.3% 3,717,752 (±0.6% / ±25,630.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
35.7% ±3.9% (14,574  ±1,627.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,576,206 (±0.4% / ±16,230.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

4.7% ±37,023.1% (3,266  ±1,039) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% † 495,352 (±,835.9% / ±14,371)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.2% ±1.3% (2,910  ±752) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.7% 251,015 (±0.2% / ±6,521)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
2,910 Total veterans ±752 2,834 Male ±747 76 Female ±62

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