People QuickFacts	Mower County	Minnesota
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	39,372	5,379,139
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	39,163	5,303,925
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.5%	1.4%
 	Population, 2010    	39,163	5,303,925
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.4%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	25.4%	23.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	17.0%	13.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.1%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	93.6%	86.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.6%	5.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	1.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.9%	4.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.3%	2.2%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	11.0%	4.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	83.2%	82.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.9%	85.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.9%	7.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	11.7%	10.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.9%	91.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	16.1%	31.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,328	385,675
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.5	22.6 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	17,002	2,354,034
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	73.1%	73.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	16.9%	21.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$108,300	$201,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	16,042	2,094,265
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,170	$30,310
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$45,596	$58,476
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.3%	11.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mower County	Minnesota
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	859	145,464
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	13,474	2,357,971
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	1.2	-1.6
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,067	381,759 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,775	496,657
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	F	1.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	22.5%	26.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	107,563,060
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	229,753	82,878,056
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	347,668	71,384,103
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,133	$13,751
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	41,794	10,423,660
 	Building permits, 2011     	36	8,890

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mower County	Minnesota
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	711.33	79,626.74
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	55.1	66.6
 	FIPS Code    	099	27
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Austin, MN Micro 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