Mower County, Minnesota (MN)

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• • 31,34677.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,83612.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,6244.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,5613.9%Asian alone
  • 6581.6%Two or more races
  • 3320.8%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 470.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $179,738

Here:	$179,738
State:	$296,404

Townhouses or other attached units: $178,822

Here:	$178,822
State:	$232,732

In 2-unit structures: $375,387

Here:	$375,387
State:	$259,218

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $162,819

Here:	$162,819
State:	$233,861

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $84,218

Here:	$84,218
State:	$225,601

Mobile homes: $73,737

Here:	$73,737
State:	$67,064

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 11
• Burglaries: 77
• Thefts: 171
• Auto thefts: 22

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 11
• Burglaries: 77
• Thefts: 149
• Auto thefts: 16

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 2019: $1,286 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,313 (1.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Mower County is $394 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $625 a month.

Cities in this county include: Austin, Grand Meadow, Le Roy, Adams, Brownsdale, Lyle, Racine, Rose Creek, Dexter, Waltham.

Neighboring counties: Converse County, Wyoming , Fillmore County , McCook County, South Dakota , Murray County , Steele County , Winnebago County, Iowa .

Current college students: 1,309
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,598 (30.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,1382010 or later
• 1,6262000 to 2009
• 5301990 to 1999
• 2281980 to 1989
• 891970 to 1979
• 113Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 77.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,302
• One, attached: 522
• Two: 451
• 3 or 4: 357
• 5 to 9: 598
• 10 to 19: 349
• 20 to 49: 463
• 50 or more: 922
• Mobile homes: 329
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2

Housing units in Mower County with a mortgage: 6,670 (174 second mortgage, 528 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,979

Religion statistics for Mower County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Mower 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 Winter Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2019 - April 28, 2019, FEMA Id: 4442, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood, Wind
• Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 22, 2010 to October 14, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1941: October 13, 2010, FEMA Id: 1941, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 06, 2008 to June 12, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1772: June 25, 2008, FEMA Id: 1772, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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 and Flooding, Incident Period: September 14, 2004 to September 27, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1569: October 07, 2004, FEMA Id: 1569, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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, Straight-Line Winds And Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 15, 1998 to June 28, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1225: June 23, 1998, FEMA Id: 1225, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• Minnesota Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 06, 1993 to August 25, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-993: June 11, 1993, FEMA Id: 993, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.21% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($40,479 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.33% relocated from other counties in Minnesota ($24,093 average AGI)
1.88% relocated from other states ($16,386 average AGI)

Mower County:	1.88%
Minnesota average:	2.11%

from Olmsted County, MN	0.91% ($43,447 average AGI)
from Freeborn County, MN	0.49% ($38,156)
from Ramsey County, MN	0.33% ($31,961)
from Steele County, MN	0.21% ($33,594)
from Fillmore County, MN	0.19% ($34,633)
from Dodge County, MN	0.16% ($47,520)
from Hennepin County, MN	0.14% ($29,591)

5.88% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($46,245 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.78% relocated to other counties in Minnesota ($29,483 average AGI)
2.09% relocated to other states ($16,762 average AGI)

Mower County:	2.09%
Minnesota average:	2.17%

to Olmsted County, MN	0.96% ($46,353 average AGI)
to Freeborn County, MN	0.51% ($43,725)
to Hennepin County, MN	0.38% ($36,068)
to Dodge County, MN	0.25% ($42,692)
to Steele County, MN	0.22% ($48,147)
to Ramsey County, MN	0.19% ($25,800)
to Dakota County, MN	0.17% ($62,259)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Mower County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 8,591 (2,374 living alone), Female householders: 7,242 (2,577 living alone)

• 7,551 spouses (7,516 opposite-sex spouses), 1,260 unmarried partners, (1,235 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,692 children (10,926 natural, 239 adopted, 528 stepchildren), 503 grandchildren, 417 brothers or sisters, 455 parents, 6 foster children, 774 other relatives, 1,141 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 781

Size of family households: 4,898 2-persons, 1,754 3-persons, 1,619 4-persons, 1,100 5-persons, 340 6-persons, 283 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,950 1-person, 791 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 13 5-persons.

6,127 married couples with children.
2,970 single-parent households (1,250 men, 1,720 women).

82.2% of residents of Mower speak English at home.
9.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other language at home (49% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $237,484,000 ($6,090 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,143,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $105,946,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $52,616,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $21,821,000
Federal grants: $40,493,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,748,000 ($2,986,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,859,000 ($3,020,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,157,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,313,000
Federal Government insurance: $100,333,000

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

Here:	-26 per 1000 residents
State:	-3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.53 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Mower County, Minnesota
• 1502014 or later
• 2202010 to 2013
• 1,4382000 to 2009
• 1,0341990 to 1999
• 1,0741980 to 1989
• 1,6391970 to 1979
• 1,3601960 to 1969
• 3,5761950 to 1959
• 2,0231940 to 1949
• 4,5921939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Mower County, Minnesota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mower County, Minnesota
• 01 room
• 472 rooms
• 2463 rooms
• 8574 rooms
• 2,0345 rooms
• 2,1806 rooms
• 2,0407 rooms
• 1,5758 rooms
• 2,6139+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mower County, Minnesota
• 2101 room
• 4682 rooms
• 1,0453 rooms
• 7804 rooms
• 5445 rooms
• 5356 rooms
• 2327 rooms
• 1778 rooms
• 2279+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Mower County, Minnesota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Mower County, Minnesota
• 3no bedroom
• 2801 bedroom
• 2,4692 bedrooms
• 5,1953 bedrooms
• 2,7504 bedrooms
• 8645+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mower County, Minnesota
• 209no bedroom
• 1,4231 bedroom
• 1,2882 bedrooms
• 9113 bedrooms
• 2864 bedrooms
• 955+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Mower County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 283no vehicle
• 2,6351 vehicle
• 5,0972 vehicles
• 2,3273 vehicles
• 8694 vehicles
• 3935+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Mower County in renter-occupied apartments
• 854no vehicle
• 2,2431 vehicle
• 8122 vehicles
• 2003 vehicles
• 1104 vehicles
• 205+ vehicles

83.2% of Mower County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Minnesota.

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

• This state: 26,510
• Other state: 9,068
• Northeast: 502
• Midwest: 6,169
• South: 1,233
• West: 1,135

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 645
• Number of aged recipients: 73
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 572
• Number of recipients under 18: 95
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 407
• Number of recipients older than 64: 143
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 280
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 281