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

Steele County is 8th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Steele County is 10th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Steele County is 11th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Steele County is 12th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Steele County is 14th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Steele County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in People per household

Steele County is 16th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Female residents

Steele County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income per household

Steele County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Steele County is 19th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	36,322	28th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	429.6	79th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	85.1	17th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	10th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.9%	8th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	64th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.8%	28th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.7%	22nd	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	94.9%	46th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.7%	14th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	73rd	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	36th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	49th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	50th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	11th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.4%	66th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.5%	16th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.3%	23rd	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	15,376	34th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.1%	22nd	21.6%	25.9%
Households	14,053	28th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.0%	52nd	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$158,800	37th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	15th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	56	36th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$26,114	22nd	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$57,290	17th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.8%	67th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	996	25th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	18,568	19th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,689	24th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$543,894	23rd	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,959	12th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$67,718	21st	$10,423,660	$613,795,732