Big Stone County, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Big Stone County is 2nd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Big Stone County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Big Stone County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Female residents

Big Stone County is 6th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Big Stone County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	5,164	83rd	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	499.0	67th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	10.6	72nd	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Big Stone County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	59th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.8%	79th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	25.4%	3rd	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Big Stone County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.4%	50th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.8%	56th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Big Stone County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	98.1%	6th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	86th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	52nd	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	85th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	35th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	73rd	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	82nd	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.3%	2nd	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Big Stone County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	51.0%	5th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	85th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Big Stone County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	3,100	82nd	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.9%	52nd	21.6%	25.9%
Households	2,395	82nd	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.2%	41st	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,300	80th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.1	82nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	82nd	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Big Stone County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$24,960	42nd	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$44,438	71st	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.2%	43rd	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Big Stone County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	178	81st	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,587	80th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	85th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$32,850	86th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,147	81st	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	72nd	$10,423,660	$613,795,732