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

Benton County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Benton County is 12th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Benton County is 14th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Benton County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Benton County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income below poverty line

Benton County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	38,865	25th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	408.3	83rd	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	94.2	14th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	12th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	26th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.8%	74th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.1%	36th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.8%	41st	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	94.7%	52nd	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.3%	17th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	56th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	25th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	36th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	38th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	58th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.1%	36th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	49.9%	45th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	50th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	16,133	29th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.9%	5th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	15,139	26th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.4%	80th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$165,800	26th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	21st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	185	15th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$23,924	65th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$51,159	29th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.4%	17th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	897	28th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	14,440	24th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,210	29th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$495,214	25th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,524	24th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$42,112	31st	$10,423,660	$613,795,732