People QuickFacts White Bear Lake Minnesota Population, 2011 estimate 24,087 5,347,299 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 23,797 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.2% 0.8% Population, 2010 23,797 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.3% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.7% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 16.8% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.7% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 90.1% 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) 3.5% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 2.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.3% 4.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 88.1% 83.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.5% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.1% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.7% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 94.1% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 31.8% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,365 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.0 22.6  Housing units, 2010 10,479 2,347,201 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.5% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 26.6% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $219,200 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 10,368 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.25 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $31,377 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $56,836 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.8% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts White Bear Lake Minnesota Total number of firms, 2007 2,376 496,657 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 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 20.3% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 421,135 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 457,309 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,954 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,736 10,423,660     Geography QuickFacts White Bear Lake Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 8.02 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,968.3 66.6 FIPS Code 69970 27 Counties Ramsey County Washington 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