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Population:

  • Total Population: 11,956
  • Males: 6,569
  • Females: 5,387

Ethnicity:

  • White: 10,824
  • Black/African American: 219
  • Hispanic: 349
  • Native American/Eskimo: 27
  • Asian: 123
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 152
  • Other: 0
  • 2 or more: 262

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (10,565)
  2. Spanish (260)
  3. Norwegian (110)
  4. German (100)
  5. Tagalog (40)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 146

  1. Mexico (45)
  2. Philippines (30)
  3. Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (19)
  4. Canada (11)
  5. India (7)
  6. Peru (7)
  7. Micronesia (7)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (4,293)
  2. Catholic Church (2,745)
  3. Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (1,445)
  4. United Church of Christ (316)
  5. Evangelical Free Church of America, The (259)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 2,968
    • Sensory: 284
    • Physical: 896
    • Mental: 365
    • Self-care: 214
    • Go outside home: 517
    • Employment: 541

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 9

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 4,353
    • Utility gas: 1,852
    • Bottled or LP gas: 1,228
    • Electricity: 493
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 704
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 36
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 27
    • No fuel used: 13

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 8,678
    • No vehicle: 664
    • 1 or more vehicle: 8,014

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 45
    • No High School: 705
    • Some High School: 885
    • High School: 2,929
    • Some College: 1,935
    • Associate's Degree: 668
    • College Degree: 959
    • Master's Degree: 152
    • Professional Degree: 55
    • Doctoral Degree: 3

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 4,353
    • Owners with phone: 3,326
    • Owners without phone: 31
    • Renters with phone: 940
    • Renters without phone: 56

    10 closest counties:

    1. Chippewa County, Minnesota
    2. Pope County, Minnesota
    3. Stevens County, Minnesota
    4. Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
    5. Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
    6. Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
    7. Douglas County, Minnesota
    8. Grant County, Minnesota
    9. Big Stone County, Minnesota
    10. Lyon County, Minnesota

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    56208, 56215, 56226, 56231, 56249, 56252, 56271

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • KWCM-TV (192 TV) APPLETON, MN
    • KSMN (506 TV) APPLETON, MN
    • KSCR-FM (93.5 FM) BENSON, MN
    • KBMO (1290 AM) BENSON, MN

    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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