Blue Earth County, MN Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Minnesota



Blue Earth County, Minnesota

People QuickFactsBlue Earth CountyMinnesota
Population, 2005 estimate 58,0305,132,799
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 3.7%4.3%
Population, 2000 55,9414,919,479
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.6%6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 19.0%24.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 12.0%12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.7%50.4%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)94.5%89.6%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)2.1%4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)2.2%3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.9%1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)1.9%3.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 92.8%86.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 51.9%57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.9%5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 5.2%8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 87.7%87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 26.6%27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 7,144679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 17.021.9
Housing units, 2005 24,5802,252,022
Homeownership rate, 2000 66.4%74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 27.9%22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $98,200$122,400
Households, 2000 21,0621,895,127
Persons per household, 2000 2.462.52
Median household income, 2003 $39,578$50,750
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,712$23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 10.3%8.0%
Business QuickFactsBlue Earth CountyMinnesota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 1,932148,6261
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 32,2462,393,1261
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 17.1%-0.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 3,674361,080
Total number of firms, 2002 4,986443,827
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NANA
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 20.9%27.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 1,894,73580,623,873
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 898,159108,388,816
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 987,45360,015,531
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $17,421$11,943
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 115,8437,959,590
Building permits, 2005 51536,509
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 284,69728,790,7411
Geography QuickFactsBlue Earth CountyMinnesota
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 75279,610
Persons per square mile, 2000 74.461.8
FIPS Code 01327
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Mankato-North Mankato, MN Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:04 EST
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