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Benton (Northwest) & Stearns (West) Counties PUMA, MN

112,507 Population
1,692 square miles 66.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 39.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,577 ±$2,009 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $47,926 ±$416
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$85,001 ±$3,793 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $87,117 ±$961
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.1% ±1.5% (8,811  ±1,694) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 529,398 (±0.4% / ±20,956)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.1 minutes ±0.5 (1,297,515  ±100,404) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 58,271,408 (±0.2 / ±682,002)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

42,013 ±2,235 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,363,442 ±7,555
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (108,725  ±4,591) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,652,394
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

11.1% ±4% (2,654  ±985) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.4% 71,371 (±0.3% / ±4,293)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

45,454 ±2,234 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,597,229 ±753
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$314,400 ±$13,428 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $344,600 ±$1,807
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.9% ±1.8% (12,052  ±2,068.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 11.3% 646,983 (±0.4% / ±19,804.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.3% ±0.8% (65,016  ±3,115.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 94.2% 3,751,387 (±0.7% / ±28,879.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.9% ±1.8% (17,211  ±1,496.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,594,192 (±0.5% / ±18,101.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7.1% ±1.2% (7,088  ±1,192.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.4% 672,524 (±0.2% / ±7,865.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.2% ±1.5% (4,704  ±1,729) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 9% 523,549
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±0.7% (5,202  ±666) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.5% 247,009 (±0.1% / ±6,351)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,202 Total veterans ±666 4,518 Male ±613 684 Female ±273

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