Aitkin County, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Aitkin County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Aitkin County is 1st in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Aitkin County is 9th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Size in square miles

Aitkin County is 16th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Aitkin County is 19th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Aitkin County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	15,927	53rd	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,821.7	9th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	8.9	77th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Aitkin County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	4.4%	86th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.4%	86th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	28.5%	1st	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Aitkin County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.4%	51st	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.1%	74th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Aitkin County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	95.4%	42nd	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	61st	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.5%	16th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	84th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	39th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	37th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	84th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.7%	23rd	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Aitkin County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	49.3%	73rd	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	79th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Aitkin County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	16,049	30th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.6%	84th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	7,823	49th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.1%	24th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$175,400	19th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.1	85th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	69	32nd	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Aitkin County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$24,694	50th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$41,301	83rd	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.2%	32nd	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Aitkin County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	399	59th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,979	71st	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,202	45th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$147,509	59th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,211	60th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$19,708	51st	$10,423,660	$613,795,732