Otter Tail County, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Otter Tail County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Size in square miles

Otter Tail County is 8th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Otter Tail County is 12th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Housing units

Otter Tail County is 14th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Households

Otter Tail County is 14th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Otter Tail County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Otter Tail County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales

Otter Tail County is 16th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Otter Tail County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Current population (2012)

Otter Tail County is 20th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Otter Tail County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	57,288	17th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,972.1	7th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	29.1	43rd	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Otter Tail County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	66th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	77th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.8%	16th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Otter Tail County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.8%	58th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.2%	36th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Otter Tail County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	96.6%	30th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	35th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	44th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	60th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	8th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	60th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	43rd	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.1%	27th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Otter Tail County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	49.7%	58th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.5%	36th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Otter Tail County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	35,552	12th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.0%	61st	21.6%	25.9%
Households	24,560	14th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.0%	42nd	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$161,400	34th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.3	68th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	115	20th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Otter Tail County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$24,740	49th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$45,494	61st	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.9%	22nd	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Otter Tail County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,690	15th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	18,472	20th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,508	14th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$704,539	15th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,366	27th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$62,687	24th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732