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Le Sueur, Rice, Steele & Waseca Counties PUMA, MN

154,601 Population
1,797.5 square miles 86 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 39.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,878 ±$1,665 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
$85,123 ±$4,930 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

9.6% ±2% (13,944  ±2,958) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 529,398 (±0.4% / ±20,956)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.6 minutes ±1 (1,531,335  ±93,591) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 58,271,408 (±0.2 / ±682,002)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

58,670 ±995 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,363,442 ±7,555
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (144,899  ±208) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,652,394
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±1.5% (1,545  ±524) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.4% 71,371 (±0.3% / ±4,293)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

62,989 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,597,229 ±753
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$297,900 ±$9,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $344,600 ±$1,807
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.8% ±1.8% (15,043  ±2,789.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 11.3% 646,983 (±0.4% / ±19,804.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±3.7% (98,017  ±3,985.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.2% 3,751,387 (±0.7% / ±28,879.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.6% ±2.1% (28,856  ±2,175.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,594,192 (±0.5% / ±18,101.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.5% ±0.5% (13,787  ±785.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 12.4% 672,524 (±0.2% / ±7,865.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

5.1% (7,870  ±2,291) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9% 523,549
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±0.9% (7,310  ±1,024) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.5% 247,009 (±0.1% / ±6,351)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,310 Total veterans ±1,024 6,815 Male ±997 495 Female ±245

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