Forest Lake, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Forest Lake is 13th in Minnesota out of 143 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Forest Lake	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	18,957	59th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	30.6	29th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	601.4	121st	66.6	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Forest Lake	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	61st	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.3%	56th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.3%	90th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Forest Lake	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.8%	58th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.1%	76th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Forest Lake	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	94.7%	33rd	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	101st	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	76th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.5%	88th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	13th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	104th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	94th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.1%	35th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Forest Lake	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.3%	107th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.8%	79th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Forest Lake	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	7,508	61st	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.7%	96th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	7,095	60th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.8%	57th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$258,600	28th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	61st	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Forest Lake	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$32,074	44th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$65,985	58th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.1%	78th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Forest Lake	Rank	Minnesota	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,596	61st	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$409,239	43rd	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$23,517	31st	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$39,416	40th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732

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