People QuickFacts Mahnomen County Minnesota Population, 2012 estimate 5,536 5,379,139 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,413 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.3% 1.4% Population, 2010 5,413 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 9.2% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 29.8% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.4% 13.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.7% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 50.6% 86.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 5.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 40.0% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 4.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 8.9% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.4% 4.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 50.0% 82.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.1% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.7% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.9% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.5% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.7% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 439 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.3 22.6  Housing units, 2011 2,778 2,354,034 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 74.3% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 10.1% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $89,600 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 2,007 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.65 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,533 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $39,385 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 26.4% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Mahnomen County Minnesota Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 98 145,464 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,572 2,357,971 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 NA -1.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 277 381,759  Total number of firms, 2007 400 496,657 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.3% 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 F 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.8% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,896 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 20,236 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $3,997 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 10,423,660 Building permits, 2011 0 8,890     Geography QuickFacts Mahnomen County Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 557.88 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 9.7 66.6 FIPS Code 087 27 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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