Stearns County Facts

Census Statistics

	Stearns County	Minnesota
Population, 2003 estimate	137,149	5,059,375
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.0%	2.8%
Population, 2000	133,166	4,919,479
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	11.6%	12.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.4%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.7%	26.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.0%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.7%	50.5%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	96.0%	89.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	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)	0.5%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.4%	2.9%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	95.2%	88.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	57.1%	57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.4%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.3%	8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	86.2%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	22.0%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	16,740	679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.3	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	52,196	2,132,632
Homeownership rate, 2000	73.8%	74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	22.1%	22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$100,300	$122,400?
Households, 2000	47,604	1,895,127
Persons per household, 2000	2.64	2.52
Median household income, 1999	$42,426	$47,111
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,211	$23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.7%	7.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	4,029	140,968
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	72,629	2,418,159
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.0%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	8,122	317,874
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	2,216,638	76,244,894
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,664,299	48,097,982
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,990	$10,260
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.4%	26.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,573	38,977
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	581,898	27,055,700
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,345	79,610
Persons per square mile, 2000	99.0	61.8
Metropolitan Area	St. Cloud, MN MSA	?
FIPS Code	145	27

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