Houston County, Minnesota QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Houston County Minnesota
?  Population, 2000 19,7184,919,479
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 6.6%12.4%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.8%6.7%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.2%26.2%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.0%12.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 98.5%89.4%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%3.5%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%1.1%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%2.9%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%1.3%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.5%1.7%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.6%50.5%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.6%2.9%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 98.1%88.2%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 9,0182,281,797
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,715604,584
?  Housing units, 2000 8,1682,065,946
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 81.0%74.6%
?  Households, 2000 7,6331,895,127
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.532.52
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 35.7%34.8%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $38,078$41,591
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 8.0%8.9%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 11.1%13.1%

Business QuickFacts Houston County Minnesota
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 418134,981
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 4,2122,271,671
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 38.3%24.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,231304,038
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA76,244,894
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 76,31548,097,982
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $3,970$10,260
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA7,449
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 480124,143
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 9433,341
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 68,89221,665,794
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 689188,845

Geography QuickFacts Houston County Minnesota
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 55879,610
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 35.361.8
?  Metropolitan Area La Crosse, WI-MN MSA 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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NA: Not available
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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown