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Hennepin County, MN

1,258,713 Population
554 square miles 2,272 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,060 ±$1,434 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,530 ±$490
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$93,668 ±$1,731 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $85,086 ±$768
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.1% ±0.8% (124,583  ±9,372) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 520,602 (±0.3% / ±17,281)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.4 minutes ±0.3 (11,607,530  ±282,049) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 57,181,020 (±0.2 / ±607,855)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

545,627 ±4,404 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,344,432 ±8,041
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (1,228,241  ±595) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,597,421
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.7% ±0.7% (14,329  ±2,165) 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

579,766 ±286 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,574,932 ±884
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$386,600 ±$4,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $328,600 ±$2,055
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14% ±0.9% (173,782  ±10,667.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 11.6% 659,433 (±0.4% / ±20,311.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.9% ±1.6% (837,424  ±13,978.3) 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)
55.2% ±1.2% (487,312  ±10,234.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,576,206 (±0.4% / ±16,230.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

17.7% (210,369  ±) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.5% 677,177 (±0.4% / ±19,404.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

13.3% (167,922  ±8,543) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 495,352
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.5% ±0.3% (44,244  ±3,108) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.7% 251,015 (±0.2% / ±6,521)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
44,244 Total veterans ±3,108 40,201 Male ±2,894 4,043 Female ±1,167

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