Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lake of the Woods County is 13th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lake of the Woods County is 1st in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lake of the Woods County is 10th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lake of the Woods County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Two or More

Lake of the Woods County is 16th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Size in square miles

Lake of the Woods County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lake of the Woods County is 20th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Lake of the Woods County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	3,973	86th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,297.9	16th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.1	87th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lake of the Woods County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	4.7%	84th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.9%	83rd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.0%	20th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lake of the Woods County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.8%	57th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.9%	69th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lake of the Woods County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	96.1%	35th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	83rd	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	38th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	33rd	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	73rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	15th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	78th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.1%	17th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lake of the Woods County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	48.9%	77th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	46th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lake of the Woods County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	3,687	77th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.8%	87th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	1,728	85th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	88.7%	1st	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$130,100	52nd	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	53rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	21	54th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lake of the Woods County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$25,999	25th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$43,523	76th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.9%	10th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lake of the Woods County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	155	83rd	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,357	83rd	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	87th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$39,851	85th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,847	48th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$20,371	50th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732