Wilkin County Facts

Census Statistics

	Wilkin County	Minnesota
Population, 2003 estimate	6,945	5,059,375
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.7%	2.8%
Population, 2000	7,138	4,919,479
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-5.0%	12.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.3%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.8%	26.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.1%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.2%	50.5%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.8%	89.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	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	1.0%	1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.5%	2.9%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	96.8%	88.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	64.0%	57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.7%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.6%	8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	84.5%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.0%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,123	679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	18.3	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	3,128	2,132,632
Homeownership rate, 2000	80.8%	74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	13.9%	22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$64,100	$122,400?
Households, 2000	2,752	1,895,127
Persons per household, 2000	2.54	2.52
Median household income, 1999	$38,093	$47,111
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,873	$23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.1%	7.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	180	140,968
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,632	2,418,159
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	8.0%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	475	317,874
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	76,244,894
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	38,149	48,097,982
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,166	$10,260
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	26.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	21	38,977
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	58,046	27,055,700
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	751	79,610
Persons per square mile, 2000	9.5	61.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	167	27

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