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Hennepin County, MN

1,255,296 Population
554 square miles 2,265.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,618 ±$474 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $38,881 ±$170
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$81,169 ±$943 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $73,382 ±$297
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

10.2% ±0.3% (125,264  ±3,871) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 511,185 (±0.1% / ±6,996)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

23.7 minutes ±0.2 (14,484,435  ±145,601) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 23.8 63,098,885 (±0.1 / ±294,820)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

513,892 ±1,374 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,207,988 ±5,616
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0 (1,231,119  ±1,017) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,469,548 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.2% ±0.3% (16,204  ±917) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.8% 74,364 (±0.2% / ±1,958)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

539,223 ±433 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,458,030 ±1,974
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$292,100 ±$1,913 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $235,700 ±$683
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

16.8% ±0.4% (207,856  ±5,356.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 13.7% 757,904 (±0.2% / ±9,305.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

93.6% ±0.7% (817,703  ±6,162.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.4% 3,550,107 (±0.3% / ±12,175.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
51% ±0.5% (445,598  ±4,046.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 36.8% 1,398,575 (±0.2% / ±7,454.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

13.8% ±0.3% (173,760  ±4,089) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.4% 470,687 (±0.1% / ±5,731)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

5.2% ±0.2% (50,948  ±1,563) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 6.8% 291,453 (±0.1% / ±3,110)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
50,948 Total veterans ±1,563 47,169 Male ±1,424 3,779 Female ±485

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