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

Pennington County is 10th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Pennington County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Pennington County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Female residents

Pennington County is 19th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	14,074	59th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	616.6	50th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	22.6	50th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	15th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	37th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.0%	60th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.0%	64th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.4%	73rd	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	94.4%	56th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	25th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.8%	19th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	34th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	61st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	25th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	39th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.8%	47th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.5%	17th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.4%	38th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	6,315	63rd	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.0%	23rd	21.6%	25.9%
Households	5,825	61st	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.9%	59th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$94,100	72nd	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.3	64th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	14	66th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$23,142	73rd	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$45,007	64th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.0%	49th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	387	60th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,996	39th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,005	67th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$209,522	43rd	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,204	10th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$43,324	29th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732