| Population Information |
Cass County |
Minnesota |
| Population, 2006 estimate |
29,036 | 5,167,101 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
6.9% | 5.0% |
| Population, 2000 |
27,150 | 4,919,479 |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 |
5.4% | 6.5% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 |
21.4% | 24.0% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 |
18.4% | 12.1% |
| Female persons, percent, 2005 |
50.2% | 50.4% |
| |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
83.9% | 87.9% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
16.6% | 27.4% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
5,236 | 679,236 |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
21.9 | 21.9 |
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| Housing units, 2005 |
23,816 | 2,252,022 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
85.9% | 74.6% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
3.8% | 22.3% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$105,900 | $122,400 |
| |
| Households, 2000 |
10,893 | 1,895,127 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.45 | 2.52 |
| Median household income, 2004 |
$38,906 | $51,202 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,189 | $23,198 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
11.6% | 8.1% |
| Business Information |
Cass County |
Minnesota |
| Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
916 | 150,231 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
6,913 | 2,430,853 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
30.4% | 1.5% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2004 |
2,685 | 361,080 |
| Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,282 | 443,827 |
| |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 80,623,873 |
| Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
83,472 | 108,388,816 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
251,019 | 60,015,531 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,987 | $11,943 |
| Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
122,942 | 7,959,590 |
| Building permits, 2006 |
422 | 26,352 |
| Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
222,036 | 28,790,741 |
