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People QuickFacts |
Houston County |
Minnesota |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
19,980 |
5,059,375 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
1.3% |
2.8% |
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Population, 2000 |
19,718 |
4,919,479 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
6.6% |
12.4% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.8% |
6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
27.2% |
26.2% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
16.0% |
12.1% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
50.6% |
50.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
98.5% |
89.4% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
3.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% |
1.1% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% |
2.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z |
Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% |
1.3% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
0.5% |
1.7% |
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White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
98.1% |
88.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
0.6% |
2.9% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
65.4% |
57.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.1% |
5.3% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
3.4% |
8.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
85.5% |
87.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
20.5% |
27.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
2,845 |
679,236 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
20.7 |
21.9 |
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Housing units, 2002 |
8,286 |
2,132,632 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
81.0% |
74.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
11.7% |
22.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$88,600 |
$122,400 |
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Households, 2000 |
7,633 |
1,895,127 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.53 |
2.52 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$40,680 |
$47,111 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,826 |
$23,198 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
6.5% |
7.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Houston County |
Minnesota |
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Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 |
388 |
140,968 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2001 |
3,536 |
2,418,159 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 |
-12.3% |
1.0% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2000 |
1,321 |
317,874 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
NA |
76,244,894 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
76,315 |
48,097,982 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$3,970 |
$10,260 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
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3.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
17.0% |
26.4% |
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Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 |
79 |
38,977 |
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Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) |
88,385 |
27,055,700 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Houston County |
Minnesota |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
558 |
79,610 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000 |
35.3 |
61.8 |
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Metropolitan Area |
La Crosse, WI-MN MSA |
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FIPS Code |
55 |
27 |
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