People QuickFacts Dodge County Minnesota Population, 2012 estimate 20,231 5,379,139 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 20,087 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.7% 1.4% Population, 2010 20,087 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.0% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 28.4% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.7% 13.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.0% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 97.5% 86.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 5.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 4.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.7% 4.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 93.1% 82.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 92.5% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.9% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.4% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.9% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 22.1% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,484 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.7 22.6  Housing units, 2011 7,980 2,354,034 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 86.9% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.6% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $162,100 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 7,347 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.69 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,776 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $66,216 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.5% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Dodge County Minnesota Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 421 145,464 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 4,059 2,357,971 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 0.4 -1.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,353 381,759  Total number of firms, 2007 1,815 496,657 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 31.8% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 244,797 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 91,773 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,727 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,799 10,423,660 Building permits, 2011 27 8,890     Geography QuickFacts Dodge County Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 439.28 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 45.7 66.6 FIPS Code 039 27 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Rochester, MN 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