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Stearns County, MN

160,977 Population
1,342.9 square miles 119.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,988 ±$2,399 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,530 ±$490
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$74,709 ±$4,347 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $85,086 ±$768
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.2% ±2.4% (17,369  ±3,753) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 520,602 (±0.3% / ±17,281)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.2 minutes ±1.6 (1,725,305  ±137,136) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 57,181,020 (±0.2 / ±607,855)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

60,666 ±1,415 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,344,432 ±8,041
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (153,403  ±459) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 † 5,597,421 (±,237 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.6% ±1.7% (2,131  ±654) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,480 (±0.4% / ±4,671)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

67,083 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,574,932 ±884
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$288,500 ±$10,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $328,600 ±$2,055
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.4% ±2.2% (22,886  ±3,431.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 11.6% 659,433 (±0.4% / ±20,311.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

94.2% ±4.2% (94,305  ±4,271.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.3% 3,717,752 (±0.6% / ±25,630.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
30.2% ±2.4% (30,243  ±2,444.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,576,206 (±0.4% / ±16,230.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

9% ±31,199.8% (14,553  ±2,635) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% † 495,352 (±,835.9% / ±14,371)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.2% ±0.9% (7,595  ±1,141) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.7% 251,015 (±0.2% / ±6,521)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,595 Total veterans ±1,141 7,143 Male ±1,083 452 Female ±258

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