Rice County Facts

Census Statistics

	Rice County	Minnesota
Population, 2003 estimate	59,667	5,059,375
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	5.3%	2.8%
Population, 2000	56,665	4,919,479
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	15.2%	12.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.1%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.3%	26.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.4%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.6%	50.5%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	93.6%	89.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.9%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.3%	1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.5%	2.9%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	90.5%	88.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	52.3%	57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.8%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	9.4%	8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	85.2%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	22.4%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	7,431	679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.2	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	20,922	2,132,632
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.9%	74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	18.0%	22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$123,600	$122,400?
Households, 2000	18,888	1,895,127
Persons per household, 2000	2.65	2.52
Median household income, 1999	$48,651	$47,111
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,695	$23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	6.9%	7.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,475	140,968
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	23,754	2,418,159
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	11.2%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,264	317,874
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	954,941	76,244,894
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	416,820	48,097,982
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,779	$10,260
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	2.4%	3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.5%	26.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	679	38,977
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	201,831	27,055,700
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	498	79,610
Persons per square mile, 2000	113.9	61.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	131	27

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