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Blue Earth County, MN

70,700 Population
747.8 square miles 94.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.1 ±1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 39.2 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,021 ±$2,585 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $47,926 ±$416
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$71,668 ±$6,837 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $87,117 ±$961
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.3% ±3.4% (10,210  ±2,230) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 529,398 (±0.4% / ±20,956)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.8 minutes ±0.5 (568,165  ±20,737) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters 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

28,378 ±864 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,363,442 ±7,555
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (66,135  ±90) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,652,394
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.6% ±1.7% (476  ±310) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 5.4% 71,371 (±0.3% / ±4,293)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

30,608 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,597,229 ±753
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$281,400 ±$17,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $344,600 ±$1,807
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.4% ±3.8% (12,194  ±2,650.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 11.3% 646,983 (±0.4% / ±19,804.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.9% ±6.1% (39,443  ±2,608.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 94.2% 3,751,387 (±0.7% / ±28,879.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.5% ±3.8% (14,854  ±1,588.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,594,192 (±0.5% / ±18,101.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.9% (3,481  ±990) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 9% 523,549
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.8% ±1% (2,147  ±560) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 5.5% 247,009 (±0.1% / ±6,351)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,147 Total veterans ±560 2,030 Male ±552 117 Female ±120

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