People QuickFacts	Benton County	Minnesota
  	Population, 2008 estimate    	39,878	5,220,393
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008    	16.5%	6.1%
  	Population estimates base (April 1) 2000    	34,227	4,919,492
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007    	7.4%	6.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007    	24.9%	24.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007    	10.2%	12.2%
  	Female persons, percent, 2007    	50.1%	50.2% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	95.1%	89.3%
  	Black persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	1.4%	4.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.6%	1.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	1.6%	3.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007    	1.2%	1.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b)    	1.3%	4.0%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007    	93.9%	85.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	55.7%	57.0%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	2.1%	5.3%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	5.0%	8.5%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	84.9%	87.9%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	17.2%	27.4%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	4,894	679,236
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	21.1	21.9 			
  	Housing units, 2007    	16,420	2,304,467
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	67.3%	74.6%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	29.7%	22.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$99,100	$122,400 			
  	Households, 2000    	13,065	1,895,127
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.56	2.52
  	Median household income, 2007    	$48,939	$55,664
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$19,008	$23,198
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2007    	8.7%	9.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Benton County	Minnesota
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2006    	967	151,150
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2006    	14,870	2,476,354
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006    	30.5%	3.4%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2006    	2,587	376,864
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,082	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%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	25.1%	27.9% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	580,367	80,623,873
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	D	108,388,816
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	409,952	60,015,531
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$11,181	$11,943
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	32,943	7,959,590
  	Building permits, 2007    	116	17,930
  	Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)    	239,999	40,075,391

   	Geography QuickFacts	Benton County	Minnesota
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	408.28	79,610.08
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	83.9	61.8
  	FIPS Code    	009	27
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	St. Cloud, MN Metro Area	 

(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