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

Stearns County is 6th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Stearns County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Current population (2012)

Stearns County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Housing units

Stearns County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Stearns County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Stearns County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales

Stearns County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Stearns County is 8th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Households

Stearns County is 8th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Stearns County is 9th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Stearns County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	151,606	7th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,343.1	14th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	112.2	13th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Stearns County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	42nd	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	51st	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.7%	76th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Stearns County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.4%	35th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.9%	21st	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Stearns County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	92.6%	68th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.4%	9th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	61st	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.1%	16th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	12th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	35th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	44th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.1%	61st	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Stearns County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	49.6%	65th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.1%	17th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Stearns County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	62,519	7th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.2%	8th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	56,469	8th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.6%	75th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$172,600	22nd	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	19th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	387	10th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Stearns County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$25,329	38th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$53,035	20th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.8%	23rd	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Stearns County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,267	7th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	75,490	7th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	13,481	7th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,423,575	7th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,539	6th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$251,180	10th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732