Becker County Demographics

The following Becker County demographic data is provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For additional and more detailed information, visit the Census Bureau's Becker County QuickLinks.

 

People QuickFacts Becker.County  Minnesota
Population, 2006 estimate 32,230 5,167,101
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 7.4% 5.0%
Population, 2000 30,000 4,919,479
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 6.4% 6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 23.2% 24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 16.2% 12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2006 50.2% 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 89.6% 89.3%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.3% 4.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 7.3% 1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.5% 3.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) Z 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 2.2% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 1.0% 3.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 88.9% 85.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 61.8% 57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.0% 5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 4.4% 8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 82.9% 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.7% 27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 4,799 679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.1 21.9
 
Housing units, 2006 18,224 2,283,453
Homeownership rate, 2000 80.5% 74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 8.7% 22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $87,400 $122,400
 
Households, 2000 11,844 1,895,127
Persons per household, 2000 2.49 2.52
Median household income, 2004 $40,182 $51,202
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,085 $23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 10.9% 8.1%
Business QuickFacts Becker.County  Minnesota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 940 150,2311
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 12,425 2,430,8531
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 -24.4% 1.5%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 2,795 373,419
Total number of firms, 2002 3,328 443,827
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 3.1% 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 21.8% 27.9%
 
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 232,014 80,623,873
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 87,392 108,388,816
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 313,672 60,015,531
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,183 $11,943
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 35,340 7,959,590
Building permits, 2006 257 26,352
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 203,453 28,790,7411
Geography QuickFacts Becker.County  Minnesota
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,310.42 79,610.08
Persons per square mile, 2000 22.9 61.8
FIPS Code 005 27
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None  

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

 
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