People QuickFacts	St. Cloud	Minnesota
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	66,228	5,167,101
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	11.0%	5.0%
  	Population, 2000    	59,107	4,919,479
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.5%	6.7%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	20.8%	26.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	10.3%	12.1%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	49.6%	50.5% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	91.7%	89.4%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.4%	3.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.7%	1.1%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.1%	2.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.4%	1.7%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.3%	2.9% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	44.2%	57.0%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	3.8%	5.3%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	7.3%	8.5%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	89.1%	87.9%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	29.6%	27.4%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	17.3	21.9 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	23,249	2,065,946
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	55.9%	74.6%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$94,300	$122,400 			
  	Households, 2000    	22,652	1,895,127
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.40	2.52
  	Median household income, 1999    	$37,346	$47,111
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$19,769	$23,198
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	13.1%	7.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	St. Cloud	Minnesota
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	865,125	108,388,816
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,340,969	60,015,531
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$21,939	$11,947
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	138,469	7,959,590
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	5,014	443,827
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.6%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.7%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	30.9%	27.9% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	St. Cloud	Minnesota
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	30	79,610
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,959.8	61.8
  	FIPS Code    	56896	27
 	Counties    	Benton County
 Sherburne County
 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