Minnesota State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  89.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  21.9 Persons per household, 2000  2.52 Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  0.9% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  80,623,873 FIPS Code  27 Population, 2008 estimate  5,220,393 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  6.1% Female persons, percent, 2008  50.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.2% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  22.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $122,400 Per capita money income, 1999  $23,198 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  151,1501 Private nonfarm employment, 2006  2,476,3541 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.8% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  108,388,816 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  79,610.08 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  6.9% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  12.5% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  3.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  4.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  5.3% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  679,236 Housing units, 2007  2,304,467 Median household income, 2007  $55,664 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  3.4%1 Total number of firms, 2002  443,827 American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  0.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  S Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  27.9% Retail sales per capita, 2002  $11,943 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  40,075,3911 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  24.0% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  4.6% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.5% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  8.5% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  87.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  27.4% Households, 2000  1,895,127 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  376,864 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  60,015,531 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  7,959,590 Building permits, 2008  11,551 Homeownership rate, 2000  74.6% Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  4,919,492 Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  57.0% Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  9.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.7% Persons per square mile, 2000  61.8 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report.