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People QuickFacts | Dakota County | Minnesota
Population, 2012 estimate | 405,088 | 5,379,139
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 398,552 | 5,303,925
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.6% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 398,552 | 5,303,925
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.7% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.4% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 11.1% | 13.6%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.8% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 87.0% | 86.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 5.2% | 5.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 1.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 4.7% | 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.6% | 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 6.3% | 4.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 81.5% | 82.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.4% | 85.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.0% | 7.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 11.2% | 10.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 94.5% | 91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 38.4% | 31.8%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 28,899 | 385,675
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.1 | 22.6
Housing units, 2011 | 160,275 | 2,354,034
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.0% | 73.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.8% | 21.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $238,300 | $201,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 151,719 | 2,094,265
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.6 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $34,822 | $30,310
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $73,723 | $58,476
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.0% | 11.0%
Business QuickFacts | Dakota County | Minnesota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 9,835 | 144,606
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 163,548 | 2,393,746
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.9% | 1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 27,616 | 387,440
Total number of firms, 2007 | 36,982 | 496,657
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.8% | 2.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 2.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 1.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.3% | 26.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 12,930,085 | 107,563,060
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,415,457 | 82,878,056
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,163,980 | 71,384,103
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,231 | $13,751
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 614,280 | 10,423,660
Building permits, 2012 | 1,022 | 16,095
Geography QuickFacts | Dakota County | Minnesota
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 562.17 | 79,626.74
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 709 | 66.6
FIPS Code | 37 | 27
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area
(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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts