Carver County Facts

Census Statistics

	Carver County	Minnesota
Population, 2003 estimate	78,960	5,059,375
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	12.5%	2.8%
Population, 2000	70,205	4,919,479
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	46.5%	12.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.8%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	31.5%	26.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	7.5%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.0%	50.5%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	95.9%	89.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.6%	2.9%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	94.4%	88.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.4%	57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.4%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.2%	8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	91.4%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	34.3%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	7,019	679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.6	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	27,658	2,132,632
Homeownership rate, 2000	83.5%	74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	14.0%	22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$170,200	$122,400?
Households, 2000	24,356	1,895,127
Persons per household, 2000	2.84	2.52
Median household income, 1999	$65,540	$47,111
Per capita money income, 1999	$28,486	$23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	3.5%	7.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,817	140,968
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	29,199	2,418,159
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	6.0%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	4,898	317,874
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,919,956	76,244,894
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	413,772	48,097,982
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,554	$10,260
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.8%	3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.6%	26.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,467	38,977
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	164,238	27,055,700
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	357	79,610
Persons per square mile, 2000	196.6	61.8
Metropolitan Area	Minneapolis-St. Paul	?
FIPS Code	019	27

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