Brainerd, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Brainerd is 3rd in Minnesota out of 143 other cities in Income below poverty line

Brainerd is 14th in Minnesota out of 143 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Brainerd is 20th in Minnesota out of 143 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Brainerd, Minnesota Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Brainerd	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	13,517	75th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	11.9	68th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,141.5	96th	66.6	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Brainerd	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	8.7%	20th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.5%	75th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	44th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Brainerd	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.8%	126th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.9%	121st	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Brainerd	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	93.5%	44th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	91st	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	14th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	141st	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	117th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	25th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	116th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.4%	42nd	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Brainerd	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	52.4%	26th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	124th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Brainerd	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	6,390	67th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.6%	31st	21.6%	25.9%
Households	6,179	64th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	49.9%	141st	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$120,700	129th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.1	134th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Brainerd	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$19,611	141st	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$29,310	143rd	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.2%	3rd	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Brainerd	Rank	Minnesota	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,913	49th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$254,235	64th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,471	51st	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$38,564	42nd	$10,423,660	$613,795,732

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