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

Murray County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Home ownership rate

Murray County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Murray County is 20th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Murray County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	8,577	75th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	704.7	42nd	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	12.4	69th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Murray County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	65th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.7%	65th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.1%	7th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Murray County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.5%	46th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.7%	70th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Murray County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	97.4%	21st	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	62nd	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	82nd	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	29th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	64th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	78th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	42nd	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.9%	20th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Murray County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.2%	31st	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	63rd	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Murray County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	4,564	73rd	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.0%	82nd	21.6%	25.9%
Households	3,914	73rd	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	83.8%	7th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,100	75th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.2	79th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	22	53rd	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Murray County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$25,344	37th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$47,833	46th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.9%	58th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Murray County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	306	68th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,333	73rd	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	848	73rd	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$46,600	80th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,492	82nd	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	85th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732