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WABASHA COUNTY    
People QuickFacts Wabasha County Minnesota
Population, 2003 estimate  22,144 5,059,375
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003  2.5% 2.8%
Population, 2000  21,610 4,919,479
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000  9.5% 12.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000  5.7% 6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000  27.1% 26.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000  15.0% 12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000  50.0% 50.5%
   
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 98.0% 89.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 1.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4% 2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.0% Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6% 1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000  0.4% 1.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000  97.0% 88.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.7% 2.9%
   
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000  63.6% 57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  2.0% 5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  3.8% 8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  85.6% 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  16.9% 27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  2,945 679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  23.7 21.9
   
Housing units, 2002  9,336 2,132,632
Homeownership rate, 2000  82.4% 74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  11.3% 22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $95,000 $122,400
   
Households, 2000  8,277 1,895,127
Persons per household, 2000  2.57 2.52
Median household income, 1999  $42,117 $47,111
Per capita money income, 1999  $19,664 $23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999  6.0% 7.9%
   
Business QuickFacts Wabasha County Minnesota
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001  683 140,968
Private nonfarm employment, 2001  6,982 2,418,159
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001  -4.5% 1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000  1,571 317,874
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)  368,535 76,244,894
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)  124,748 48,097,982
Retail sales per capita, 1997  $6,031 $10,260
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  F 3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  24.1% 26.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002  218 38,977
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)  116,579 27,055,700
   
Geography QuickFacts Wabasha County Minnesota
Land area, 2000 (square miles)  525 79,610
Persons per square mile, 2000  41.2 61.8
Metropolitan Area  None  
FIPS Code  157 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