St. Louis County, Minnesota QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts St. Louis County Minnesota
?  Population, 2000 200,5284,919,479
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 1.2%12.4%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.2%6.7%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 22.4%26.2%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.1%12.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 94.9%89.4%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8%3.5%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.0%1.1%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7%2.9%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%1.3%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.3%1.7%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.8%50.5%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.8%2.9%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 94.4%88.2%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 104,2642,281,797
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 22,409604,584
?  Housing units, 2000 95,8002,065,946
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.7%74.6%
?  Households, 2000 82,6191,895,127
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.322.52
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 29.3%34.8%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $36,254$41,591
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 11.7%8.9%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 16.8%13.1%

Business QuickFacts St. Louis County Minnesota
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 5,556134,981
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 76,9072,271,671
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 22.0%24.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 10,329304,038
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 879,37376,244,894
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,892,39948,097,982
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,720$10,260
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 1477,449
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 4,337124,143
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 75633,341
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 1,003,92421,665,794
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 8,604188,845

Geography QuickFacts St. Louis County Minnesota
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 6,22579,610
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 32.261.8
?  Metropolitan Area Duluth-Superior, MN-WI 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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X: Not applicable
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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown