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Hennepin County, MN

1,273,334 Population
554 square miles 2,298.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 39.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,746 ±$1,365 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $47,926 ±$416
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$95,274 ±$3,361 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,117 ±$961
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.3% ±0.9% (115,408  ±11,581) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 529,398 (±0.4% / ±20,956)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±0.5 (12,346,085  ±354,659) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 58,271,408 (±0.2 / ±682,002)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

547,208 ±4,306 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,363,442 ±7,555
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (1,242,662  ±675) 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

5% ±0.8% (15,776  ±2,505) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.4% 71,371 (±0.3% / ±4,293)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

584,412 ±299 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,597,229 ±753
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$396,100 ±$4,370 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $344,600 ±$1,807
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.4% ±0.8% (168,019  ±10,407.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 11.3% 646,983 (±0.4% / ±19,804.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.6% ±1.7% (845,754  ±15,515.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.2% 3,751,387 (±0.7% / ±28,879.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
54.7% ±1.2% (488,667  ±10,872.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,594,192 (±0.5% / ±18,101.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

18.6% ±0.9% (223,520  ±10,312) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 13.1% 719,139 (±0.3% / ±18,443)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

13.6% (172,756  ±9,394) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9% 523,549
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.1% ±0.3% (41,258  ±2,529) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters 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)
41,258 Total veterans ±2,529 38,264 Male ±2,542 2,994 Female ±932

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