Becker County, Minnesota (MN)

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• • 29,54984.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,2046.3%Two or more races
  • 1,7064.9%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 8332.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2470.7%Asian alone
  • 2060.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1650.5%Some other race alone
  • 40.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $313,424

Here:	$313,424
State:	$338,849

Townhouses or other attached units: $335,348

Here:	$335,348
State:	$283,182

In 2-unit structures: $151,340

Here:	$151,340
State:	$303,677

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $175,207

Here:	$175,207
State:	$224,514

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $324,663

Here:	$324,663
State:	$241,401

Mobile homes: $76,134

Here:	$76,134
State:	$103,788

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $119,841

Here:	$119,841
State:	$119,379

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 26
• Burglaries: 32
• Thefts: 56
• Auto thefts: 21

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 9
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 15
• Burglaries: 49
• Thefts: 50
• Auto thefts: 21

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $1,826 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $1,700 (0.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Becker County is $386 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $630 a month.

Cities in this county include: Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Lake Park, Audubon, White Earth, Pine Point, Osage, Callaway, Ogema, Wolf Lake.

Neighboring counties: Barnes County, North Dakota , Benton County, Washington , Hettinger County, North Dakota , Logan County, North Dakota , Prairie County, Montana , Mahnomen County .

Current college students: 784
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 476 (61.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1612010 or later
• 612000 to 2009
• 831990 to 1999
• 501980 to 1989
• 301970 to 1979
• 104Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 75.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 15,812
• One, attached: 515
• Two: 177
• 3 or 4: 227
• 5 to 9: 293
• 10 to 19: 341
• 20 to 49: 398
• 50 or more: 357
• Mobile homes: 1,669
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Housing units in Becker County with a mortgage: 6,301 (533 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 378 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 212

Religion statistics for Becker County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Becker County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Minnesota Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4531, Natural disaster type: Other
• Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 16, 2011 to May 25, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1982: May 10, 2011, FEMA Id: 1982, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 16, 2009 to May 22, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1830: April 09, 2009, FEMA Id: 1830, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Minnesota Flooding, Incident Period: March 30, 2006 to May 03, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1648: June 05, 2006, FEMA Id: 1648, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Minnesota Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3242: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3242, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Minnesota Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 09, 2002 to June 28, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1419: June 14, 2002, FEMA Id: 1419, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Minnesota Flooding, Incident Period: March 23, 2001 to July 03, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1370: May 16, 2001, FEMA Id: 1370, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Minnesota Severe Storms, Flooding And Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 17, 2000 to July 26, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1333: June 27, 2000, FEMA Id: 1333, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Minnesota Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: March 21, 1997 to May 24, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1175: April 08, 1997, FEMA Id: 1175, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Minnesota Severe Winter Storms/Blizzards, Incident Period: January 03, 1997 to February 03, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1158: January 16, 1997, FEMA Id: 1158, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Blizzard
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.69% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($69,428 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.14% relocated from other counties in Minnesota ($37,237 average AGI)
2.55% relocated from other states ($32,192 average AGI)

Becker County:	2.55%
Minnesota average:	2.06%

from Cass County, ND	0.90% ($85,366 average AGI)
from Otter Tail County, MN	0.79% ($47,624)
from Clay County, MN	0.77% ($62,434)
from Hubbard County, MN	0.36% ($47,180)
from Hennepin County, MN	0.28% ($80,974)
from Mahnomen County, MN	0.19% ($42,962)
from Wadena County, MN	0.18% ($29,042)

6.04% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($66,069 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.78% relocated to other counties in Minnesota ($30,804 average AGI)
2.25% relocated to other states ($35,265 average AGI)

Becker County:	2.25%
Minnesota average:	2.44%

to Otter Tail County, MN	0.82% ($60,223 average AGI)
to Clay County, MN	0.78% ($46,594)
to Cass County, ND	0.71% ($66,856)
to Hubbard County, MN	0.33% ($47,111)
to Mahnomen County, MN	0.21% ($35,071)
to Hennepin County, MN	0.19% ($48,769)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.15% ($81,800)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 10.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Becker County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 7,251 (2,179 living alone), Female householders: 6,836 (2,045 living alone)

• 7,474 spouses (7,463 opposite-sex spouses), 1,083 unmarried partners, (1,035 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 9,826 children (8,957 natural, 455 adopted, 438 stepchildren), 743 grandchildren, 197 brothers or sisters, 167 parents, 165 foster children, 348 other relatives, 743 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 428

Size of family households: 4,704 2-persons, 1,561 3-persons, 1,341 4-persons, 893 5-persons, 233 6-persons, 465 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,224 1-person, 607 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 1 6-persons.

5,528 married couples with children.
1,935 single-parent households (670 men, 1,265 women).

97.2% of residents of Becker speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $203,453,000 ($6,394 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,615,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $80,375,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $29,825,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $13,274,000
Federal grants: $61,225,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,736,000 ($3,560,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $13,018,000 ($638,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,545,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $7,906,000
Federal Government insurance: $35,314,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+48 per 1000 residents
State:	-3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.53 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Becker County, Minnesota
• 202020 or later
• 2,0992010 to 2019
• 3,4852000 to 2009
• 2,1841990 to 1999
• 1,7531980 to 1989
• 3,3081970 to 1979
• 2,0581960 to 1969
• 1,4511950 to 1959
• 1,0241940 to 1949
• 2,5721939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Becker County, Minnesota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Becker County, Minnesota
• 231 room
• 772 rooms
• 4823 rooms
• 1,1734 rooms
• 1,5915 rooms
• 1,9566 rooms
• 1,5987 rooms
• 1,2338 rooms
• 3,1309+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Becker County, Minnesota
• 1401 room
• 2542 rooms
• 4943 rooms
• 5414 rooms
• 6135 rooms
• 4426 rooms
• 1827 rooms
• 828 rooms
• 1459+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Becker County, Minnesota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Becker County, Minnesota
• 22no bedroom
• 4201 bedroom
• 2,3832 bedrooms
• 4,4473 bedrooms
• 2,7234 bedrooms
• 1,2505+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Becker County, Minnesota
• 149no bedroom
• 5831 bedroom
• 1,2012 bedrooms
• 6923 bedrooms
• 2304 bedrooms
• 325+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Becker County, Minnesota in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Becker County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 256no vehicle
• 2,1281 vehicle
• 4,3692 vehicles
• 2,6993 vehicles
• 1,0324 vehicles
• 7435+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Becker County in renter-occupied apartments
• 447no vehicle
• 1,4431 vehicle
• 7012 vehicles
• 2023 vehicles
• 564 vehicles
• 445+ vehicles

90.3% of Becker County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Minnesota.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 24,352
• Other state: 10,149
• Northeast: 343
• Midwest: 7,615
• South: 681
• West: 1,472

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 587
• Number of aged recipients: 70
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 517
• Number of recipients under 18: 92
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 362
• Number of recipients older than 64: 133
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 243
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 245