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

Traverse County is 2nd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Traverse County is 2nd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Traverse County is 10th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Traverse County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Traverse County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	3,451	87th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	573.9	55th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6.2	81st	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Traverse County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	80th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.2%	73rd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	26.2%	2nd	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Traverse County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.5%	44th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.3%	63rd	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Traverse County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	93.6%	61st	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	57th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.2%	10th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	87th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	44th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	70th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.6%	40th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Traverse County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.6%	15th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	61st	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Traverse County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	2,055	86th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.3%	46th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	1,604	87th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.8%	29th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$69,200	86th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.2	78th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	7	79th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Traverse County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$25,743	31st	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$44,773	67th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.2%	70th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Traverse County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	128	85th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	844	86th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	229	84th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$45,484	81st	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,380	26th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	75th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732