People QuickFacts Ramsey County Minnesota Population, 2012 estimate 520,152 5,379,139 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 508,640 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.3% 1.4% Population, 2010 508,640 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.0% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.2% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.2% 13.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.5% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 72.6% 86.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 11.2% 5.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 12.0% 4.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.2% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 7.2% 4.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 66.8% 82.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.3% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 13.7% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 19.8% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.7% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 38.8% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 30,516 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.3 22.6  Housing units, 2011 217,195 2,354,034 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 61.1% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 37.9% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $217,400 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 204,342 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.40 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,437 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,713 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.4% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Ramsey County Minnesota Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 13,216 145,464 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 284,332 2,357,971 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -6.8 -1.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 34,463 381,759  Total number of firms, 2007 43,851 496,657 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.6% 2.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.1% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.7% 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.6% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 7,578,926 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,278,366 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,156,546 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,328 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 963,534 10,423,660 Building permits, 2011 377 8,890     Geography QuickFacts Ramsey County Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 152.21 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,341.7 66.6 FIPS Code 123 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