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

Waseca County is 1st in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Female residents

Waseca County is 15th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Waseca County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Waseca County is 20th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Waseca County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	19,237	50th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	423.4	80th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	45.2	30th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Waseca County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	48th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.4%	38th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.3%	63rd	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Waseca County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.5%	20th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.0%	40th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Waseca County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	94.7%	49th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	15th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	34th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	42nd	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	45th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	55th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	17th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.4%	63rd	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Waseca County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	52.8%	1st	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.7%	31st	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Waseca County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	7,900	52nd	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.2%	31st	21.6%	25.9%
Households	7,303	52nd	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.6%	31st	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$142,700	46th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	24th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	19	56th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Waseca County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$24,408	54th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$52,357	24th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.4%	69th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Waseca County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	494	50th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,267	45th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,824	48th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$163,649	54th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,424	68th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,502	57th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732