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

Cottonwood County is 6th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Cottonwood County is 9th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Female residents

Cottonwood County is 10th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Asian

Cottonwood County is 12th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Cottonwood County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Cottonwood County is 16th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Cottonwood County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	11,597	63rd	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	638.6	47th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	18.3	58th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cottonwood County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	47th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.4%	41st	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.2%	15th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cottonwood County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.0%	83rd	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.1%	55th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cottonwood County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	94.3%	59th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	37th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	69th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.9%	10th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	40th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	12th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.5%	65th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cottonwood County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.8%	9th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.3%	16th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cottonwood County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	5,407	66th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.9%	43rd	21.6%	25.9%
Households	4,861	64th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.6%	39th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,100	81st	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.3	59th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	32	49th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cottonwood County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$22,028	79th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$43,111	80th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.7%	37th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cottonwood County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	351	63rd	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,554	55th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,221	63rd	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$90,280	69th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,982	70th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$8,984	66th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732