People QuickFacts Golden Valley Minnesota Population, 2011 estimate 20,655 5,347,299 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 20,371 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.4% 0.8% Population, 2010 20,371 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.4% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 19.9% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 20.3% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.4% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 85.4% 85.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 7.1% 5.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 1.1% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.5% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.7% 2.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.6% 4.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 84.0% 83.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.0% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.5% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.8% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 96.0% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 53.0% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,444 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.2 22.6  Housing units, 2010 9,349 2,347,201 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.3% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 24.2% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $277,900 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 8,695 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.26 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $46,078 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $82,748 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.0% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Golden Valley Minnesota Total number of firms, 2007 3,707 496,657 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.1% 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 S 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.0% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 805,307 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,147,159 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 870,646 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $43,020 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 81,667 10,423,660     Geography QuickFacts Golden Valley Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 10.20 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,998.1 66.6 FIPS Code 24308 27 Counties Hennepin 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