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

Olmsted County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Olmsted County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Olmsted County is 4th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Female residents

Olmsted County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Foreign born residents

Olmsted County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Asian

Olmsted County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Olmsted County is 6th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income per capita

Olmsted County is 6th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Olmsted County is 6th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Olmsted County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Olmsted County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	147,066	8th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	653.4	46th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	220.8	8th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Olmsted County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	6th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	18th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.3%	70th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Olmsted County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.1%	5th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	40.4%	3rd	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Olmsted County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	86.5%	82nd	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.3%	3rd	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	74th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.8%	5th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	17th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	24th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.5%	80th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Olmsted County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	51.1%	4th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.4%	5th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Olmsted County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	60,958	8th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.3%	9th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	56,601	7th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.9%	64th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$173,000	21st	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	22nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	431	9th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Olmsted County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$33,850	6th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$66,202	10th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.1%	73rd	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Olmsted County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,386	8th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	76,509	6th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,097	10th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,182,050	8th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,631	8th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$326,873	8th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732