Rice County, MN Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Minnesota



Rice County, Minnesota

People QuickFactsRice CountyMinnesota
Population, 2005 estimate 60,9495,132,799
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 7.6%4.3%
Population, 2000 56,6654,919,479
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.6%6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 21.9%24.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 11.4%12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.7%50.4%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)95.2%89.6%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.7%4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.5%1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.6%3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.8%1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)7.0%3.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 88.7%86.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 52.3%57.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.8%5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.4%8.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.2%87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 22.4%27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 7,431679,236
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 20.221.9
Housing units, 2005 22,7202,252,022
Homeownership rate, 2000 77.9%74.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 18.0%22.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $123,600$122,400
Households, 2000 18,8881,895,127
Persons per household, 2000 2.652.52
Median household income, 2003 $49,316$50,750
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,695$23,198
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 7.2%8.0%
Business QuickFactsRice CountyMinnesota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 1,503148,6261
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 22,8942,393,1261
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 7.2%-0.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 3,824361,080
Total number of firms, 2002 4,683443,827
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 29.0%27.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 1,107,27480,623,873
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D108,388,816
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 511,40660,015,531
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $8,717$11,943
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 71,0437,959,590
Building permits, 2005 60036,509
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 238,08328,790,7411
Geography QuickFactsRice CountyMinnesota
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 49779,610
Persons per square mile, 2000 113.861.8
FIPS Code 13127
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Faribault-Northfield, 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 16:05:07 EST
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