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Houston County, MN

18,653 Population
552.1 square miles 33.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,963 ±$2,676 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,825 ±$7,881 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.6% ±1.1% (1,213  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±0.9 (194,785  ±10,559) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,134 ±170 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (18,382  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±2.1% (205  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,774 ±42 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$239,000 ±$7,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±1.5% (1,633  ±273.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±3.9% (12,810  ±527.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.1% ±2.4% (4,043  ±317.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.2% (406  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±0.8% (984  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
984 Total veterans ±118 939 Male ±106 45 Female ±43

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