People QuickFacts Rice County Minnesota Population, 2012 estimate 64,854 5,379,139 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 64,142 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.1% 1.4% Population, 2010 64,142 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.1% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.7% 13.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.9% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 92.3% 86.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.4% 5.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.1% 4.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 8.0% 4.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 85.0% 82.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.1% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.0% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.8% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 26.9% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,796 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.8 22.6  Housing units, 2011 24,606 2,354,034 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.2% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 17.6% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $204,200 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 22,117 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.51 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,783 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $59,533 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.8% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Rice County Minnesota Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 1,496 144,606 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 22,468 2,393,746 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.6% 1.5% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 4,157 381,759  Total number of firms, 2007 5,177 496,657 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 S 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 27.0% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,397,918 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 599,153 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,666 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 80,619 10,423,660 Building permits, 2012 57 16,095     Geography QuickFacts Rice County Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 495.68 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 129.4 66.6 FIPS Code 131 27 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Faribault-Northfield, 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