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OLMSTED COUNTY    
People QuickFacts Olmsted County Minnesota
Population, 2003 estimate  131,384 5,059,375
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003  5.7% 2.8%
Population, 2000  124,277 4,919,479
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000  16.7% 12.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000  7.2% 6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000  27.0% 26.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000  10.8% 12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000  50.9% 50.5%
   
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 90.3% 89.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.7% 3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 1.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 4.3% 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  1.5% 1.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000  89.0% 88.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 2.4% 2.9%
   
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000  54.8% 57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  7.9% 5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  9.8% 8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  91.1% 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  34.7% 27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  15,639 679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  16.3 21.9
   
Housing units, 2002  52,844 2,132,632
Homeownership rate, 2000  75.9% 74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  23.8% 22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $117,000 $122,400
   
Households, 2000  47,807 1,895,127
Persons per household, 2000  2.53 2.52
Median household income, 1999  $51,316 $47,111
Per capita money income, 1999  $24,939 $23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999  6.4% 7.9%
   
Business QuickFacts Olmsted County Minnesota
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001  3,032 140,968
Private nonfarm employment, 2001  78,480 2,418,159
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001  4.2% 1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000  6,925 317,874
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)  3,085,395 76,244,894
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)  1,432,743 48,097,982
Retail sales per capita, 1997  $12,508 $10,260
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  3.9% 3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  28.3% 26.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002  1,532 38,977
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)  587,296 27,055,700
   
Geography QuickFacts Olmsted County Minnesota
Land area, 2000 (square miles)  653 79,610
Persons per square mile, 2000  190.3 61.8
Metropolitan Area  Rochester, MN MSA  
FIPS Code  109 27
   
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.      
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data    
NA: Not available          
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information    
X: Not applicable          
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards    
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown  
F: Fewer than 100 firms          
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts