People QuickFacts Waite Park Minnesota Population, 2012 estimate 6,680 5,379,139 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 6,673 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.1% 1.4% Population, 2010 6,715 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.0% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 19.8% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 17.4% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.4% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 83.6% 85.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.6% 5.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 1.1% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.6% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.9% 2.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 4.5% 4.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 82.4% 83.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 74.6% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.9% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.1% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.3% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.0% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 649 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.2 22.6  Housing units, 2010 3,424 2,347,201 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 46.3% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 55.3% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $153,800 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 3,292 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.02 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,846 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $38,422 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.3% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Waite Park Minnesota Total number of firms, 2007 788 496,657 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 21.7% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 148,299 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 444,353 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $65,164 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 38,610 10,423,660     Geography QuickFacts Waite Park Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 8.91 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 754.1 66.6 FIPS Code 67612 27 Counties Stearns 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