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

Polk County is 8th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Size in square miles

Polk County is 14th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Polk County is 16th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	31,416	34th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,971.1	8th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	16	63rd	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	36th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.3%	42nd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.7%	53rd	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.9%	66th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.7%	30th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	94.6%	53rd	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	31st	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	21st	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	37th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	59th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	21st	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	16th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.5%	62nd	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	49.8%	50th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	43rd	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	14,597	37th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.3%	14th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	12,442	35th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.4%	73rd	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$118,800	55th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	37th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	72	26th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$24,274	57th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$49,257	37th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.2%	30th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	768	35th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,781	34th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,909	33rd	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$297,780	37th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,692	50th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$36,677	38th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732