The following Becker County demographic data is provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For
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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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