Blue Earth County, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Blue Earth County is 1st in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Blue Earth County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Blue Earth County is 4th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income below poverty line

Blue Earth County is 8th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Blue Earth County is 9th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Blue Earth County is 10th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Blue Earth County is 10th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales

Blue Earth County is 11th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Blue Earth County is 11th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Blue Earth County is 13th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Blue Earth County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	65,091	13th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	747.8	34th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	85.6	16th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Blue Earth County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	67th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.3%	82nd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.2%	78th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Blue Earth County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.1%	9th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.6%	11th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Blue Earth County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	92.8%	66th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.1%	11th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	66th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.3%	15th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	39th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	46th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.3%	55th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Blue Earth County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	49.8%	49th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.7%	18th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Blue Earth County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	26,399	16th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.3%	3rd	21.6%	25.9%
Households	24,045	15th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.8%	85th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$161,700	33rd	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	20th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	452	8th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Blue Earth County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$23,996	64th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$48,911	38th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.9%	4th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Blue Earth County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,919	13th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	34,283	10th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,998	16th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,211,463	10th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,200	1st	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$138,977	14th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732