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Meeker County, MN

23,268 Population
608 square miles 38.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,158 ±$1,217 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $41,204 ±$207
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$67,099 ±$2,427 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $77,706 ±$350
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

7.7% ±1.2% (1,768  ±263) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 512,312 (±0.2% / ±8,170)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

24.1 minutes ±0.8 (255,970  ±10,689) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 23.5 60,955,720 (±0.1 / ±292,529)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

8,964 ±152 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,229,100 ±4,779
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.6 ±0 (22,928  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,545,274 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

8.2% ±1.5% (372  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.8% 73,901 (±0.1% / ±1,614)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

10,589 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,470,483 ±651
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$186,400 ±$7,393 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $250,200 ±$838
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

8.1% ±1.1% (1,858  ±248.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 13.3% 747,072 (±0.2% / ±10,654.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

93.9% ±2.6% (14,853  ±418.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.6% 3,599,891 (±0.3% / ±11,678)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
19.6% ±1.2% (3,094  ±194.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 37.6% 1,445,462 (±0.2% / ±7,639.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

1.3% ±0.3% (303  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 479,231 (±0.1% / ±5,250)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

7.4% ±0.7% (1,293  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.5% 282,627 (±0.1% / ±2,583)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
1,293 Total veterans ±128 1,232 Male ±124 61 Female ±26

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