People QuickFacts Anoka County Minnesota Population, 2012 estimate 336,414 5,379,139 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 330,844 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.7% 1.4% Population, 2010 330,844 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.6% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.5% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.2% 13.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.0% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 88.3% 86.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.5% 5.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.0% 4.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.4% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.8% 4.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 85.1% 82.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.9% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.0% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 10.2% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 93.1% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.8% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 24,540 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.5 22.6  Housing units, 2011 127,170 2,354,034 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 82.3% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 13.6% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $215,900 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 120,886 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.70 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,894 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $69,139 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.6% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Anoka County Minnesota Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 7,207 144,606 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 105,135 2,393,746 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 2.2% 1.5% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 21,472 381,759  Total number of firms, 2007 29,240 496,657 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.3% 2.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.2% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.1% 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.5% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 6,460,209 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,335,912 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,738,881 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,435 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 374,922 10,423,660 Building permits, 2012 1,051 16,095     Geography QuickFacts Anoka County Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 423.01 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 782.1 66.6 FIPS Code 003 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