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

Watonwan County is 2nd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Watonwan County is 4th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Foreign born residents

Watonwan County is 17th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Watonwan County is 18th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Watonwan County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	11,187	64th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	434.9	76th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25.8	46th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Watonwan County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	21st	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	17th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	37th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Watonwan County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.6%	86th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.9%	75th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Watonwan County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	95.7%	38th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	30th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	29th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	26th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	43rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	75th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	2nd	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	76.0%	82nd	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Watonwan County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.0%	44th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.3%	4th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Watonwan County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	5,034	67th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.6%	25th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	4,396	67th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.4%	40th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,400	73rd	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	18th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	13	72nd	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Watonwan County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$24,187	59th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$49,307	36th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.4%	55th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Watonwan County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	304	69th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,356	66th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	863	72nd	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$70,359	73rd	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,402	80th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,103	65th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732