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

Nobles County is 1st in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Foreign born residents

Nobles County is 1st in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Nobles County is 2nd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Nobles County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income below poverty line

Nobles County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Asian

Nobles County is 4th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Nobles County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Nobles County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Nobles County is 11th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Nobles County is 12th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Nobles County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	21,487	44th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	715.1	36th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	29.9	40th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Nobles County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	7.9%	2nd	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.1%	7th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.0%	59th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Nobles County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.4%	87th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.6%	72nd	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Nobles County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	87.3%	79th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.9%	7th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	28th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	6.1%	3rd	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	46th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	1st	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.2%	86th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Nobles County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	48.5%	84th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.6%	1st	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Nobles County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	8,587	50th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.7%	19th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	8,035	48th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.1%	77th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$100,100	65th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	12th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	17	59th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Nobles County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$21,634	82nd	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$45,552	60th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.5%	3rd	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Nobles County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	611	43rd	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,327	35th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,712	51st	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$303,588	35th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,111	11th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$26,072	44th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732