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

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Current population (2012)

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Households

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Housing units

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales

Dakota County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	405,088	3rd	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	562.2	58th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	709	4th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	20th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.4%	10th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.1%	82nd	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.5%	3rd	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.4%	6th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	87.0%	81st	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.2%	4th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	50th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.7%	7th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	28th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	7th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	13th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	81.5%	81st	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.8%	11th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.0%	7th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	160,275	3rd	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.8%	10th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	151,719	3rd	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.0%	51st	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$238,300	6th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	11th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,022	3rd	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$34,822	4th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$73,723	4th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.0%	83rd	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	9,835	3rd	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	163,548	3rd	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	36,982	3rd	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,163,980	3rd	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,231	19th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$614,280	3rd	$10,423,660	$613,795,732