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Hennepin County, MN

1,267,416 Population
554 square miles 2,287.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$50,164 ±$1,113 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $41,753 ±$316
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$84,244 ±$2,063 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $77,720 ±$915
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

9.7% ±0.7% (121,311  ±9,234) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 519,731 (±0.3% / ±16,588)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

21.3 minutes ±0.4 (9,902,055  ±274,172) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 22.2 51,030,552 (±0.2 / ±603,248)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

532,149 ±3,721 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,281,033 ±6,734
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.3 ±0 (1,244,324  ±1,793) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,583,442 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.2% ±0.8% (15,959  ±2,381) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 5.5% 70,191 (±0.3% / ±3,963)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

564,668 ±777 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,517,173 ±542
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$349,500 ±$4,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $285,400 ±$1,533
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

15.6% ±1% (195,800  ±12,447.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 715,202 (±0.4% / ±20,552.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.6% ±1.6% (838,515  ±14,121.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.1% 3,669,895 (±0.7% / ±26,571.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
53.2% ±1.1% (471,622  ±9,495.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 38.9% 1,516,426 (±0.4% / ±16,410.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

17% ±0.8% (203,074  ±9,977.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 12% 643,462 (±0.3% / ±16,467.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

13.8% ±0.7% (175,256  ±8,516) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 487,445 (±0.3% / ±14,282)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

4.6% ±0.4% (45,610  ±3,437) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 265,920 (±0.2% / ±6,940)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
45,610 Total veterans ±3,437 41,621 Male ±3,238 3,989 Female ±1,029

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