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Hennepin County, MN

1,265,843 Population
553.8 square miles 2,285.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$46,970 ±$907 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $39,025 ±$381
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$82,369 ±$1,322 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $74,593 ±$826
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

9.6% ±0.7% (119,241  ±8,453) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9% 494,683 (±0.3% / ±17,961)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24.2 minutes ±0.5 (15,733,735  ±361,995) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 24.4 67,585,680 (±0.2 / ±658,312)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

517,091 ±3,530 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,222,568 ±7,740
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0 (1,240,740  ±2,173) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,509,065 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.5% ±0.7% (17,262  ±2,123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.5% 71,159 (±0.3% / ±3,512)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

543,739 ±919 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,477,515 ±576
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$306,000 ±$5,288 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $246,700 ±$1,627
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

16.9% ±1% (210,901  ±12,406.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 13.3% 738,533 (±0.4% / ±19,843.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

94.1% ±1.5% (830,374  ±12,985) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.6% 3,601,522 (±0.6% / ±25,092.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
50.8% ±1% (448,178  ±8,782.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 37.3% 1,433,226 (±0.4% / ±15,347.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

18.1% ±0.8% (215,120  ±9,808.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.3% 649,366 (±0.3% / ±16,058.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

13.2% ±0.7% (167,523  ±8,895) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.4% 472,231 (±0.3% / ±14,998)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

4.7% ±0.3% (46,289  ±2,897) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 6.4% 276,686 (±0.1% / ±6,081)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
46,289 Total veterans ±2,897 42,778 Male ±2,701 3,511 Female ±1,000

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