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

Nicollet County is 9th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Nicollet County is 10th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Nicollet County is 12th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income per household

Nicollet County is 12th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Nicollet County is 18th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Nicollet County is 20th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Nicollet County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	32,929	33rd	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	448.5	73rd	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	73	20th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Nicollet County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	46th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.0%	59th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.0%	72nd	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Nicollet County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.0%	10th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	33.2%	9th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Nicollet County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	94.6%	54th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.2%	18th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	63rd	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	21st	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	63rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	54th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	30th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.1%	51st	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Nicollet County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.2%	30th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.4%	37th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Nicollet County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	12,918	40th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.4%	12th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	12,247	36th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.9%	70th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$170,000	23rd	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	23rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	77	24th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Nicollet County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$26,108	23rd	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$59,877	12th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.3%	41st	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Nicollet County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	645	40th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,363	31st	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,858	34th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$164,856	53rd	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,186	84th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$25,556	45th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732