Becker County Facts

Census Statistics

	Becker County	Minnesota
Population, 2003 estimate	31,174	5,059,375
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.9%	2.8%
Population, 2000	30,000	4,919,479
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	7.6%	12.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.3%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.6%	26.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.4%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.1%	50.5%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	89.4%	89.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	7.5%	1.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.3%	1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.8%	2.9%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	89.0%	88.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.8%	57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.0%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.4%	8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.9%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.7%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	4,799	679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.1	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	17,009	2,132,632
Homeownership rate, 2000	80.5%	74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	8.7%	22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$87,400	$122,400?
Households, 2000	11,844	1,895,127
Persons per household, 2000	2.49	2.52
Median household income, 1999	$34,797	$47,111
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,085	$23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.2%	7.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,057	140,968
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	16,472	2,418,159
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.2%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,445	317,874
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	193,034	76,244,894
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	258,564	48,097,982
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,822	$10,260
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	18.1%	26.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	261	38,977
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	194,101	27,055,700
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,310	79,610
Persons per square mile, 2000	22.9	61.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	005	27

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