People QuickFacts	Chaska	Minnesota
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	24,189	5,347,299
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	23,770	5,303,925
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.8%	0.8%
 	Population, 2010    	23,770	5,303,925
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.3%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	30.0%	24.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	6.6%	12.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.2%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	88.1%	85.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.5%	5.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	1.1%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.7%	4.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.0%	2.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	8.5%	4.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	83.4%	83.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.8%	85.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	10.8%	7.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	14.8%	10.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	92.8%	91.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	39.0%	31.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,146	385,675
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.4	22.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	9,290	2,347,201
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	72.3%	73.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	19.3%	21.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$243,300	$201,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	8,896	2,094,265
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.61	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$34,579	$30,310
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$70,815	$58,476
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	6.8%	11.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Chaska	Minnesota
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,409	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    	35.9%	26.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,614,237	107,563,060
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	171,026	82,878,056
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	149,102	71,384,103
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$6,263	$13,751
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	22,257	10,423,660

   	Geography QuickFacts	Chaska	Minnesota
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	16.97	79,626.74
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,400.6	66.6
 	FIPS Code    	10972	27
 	Counties    	Carver 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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts