Red Lake County, Minnesota (MN)

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County population in July 2007: 4,118 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,371
Renter-occupied apartments: 356

% of renters here:	21%
State:	25%

Land area: 432 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 10 people per square mile

(low).

2008 cost of living index in Red Lake County: 73.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (23.3%), Manufacturing (14.7%), Retail trade (13.8%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 73%
Government: 15%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 12%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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Races in Red Lake County, Minnesota:

White Non-Hispanic (97.3%)
American Indian (2.1%)

Median resident age:	40.4 years
Minnesota median age:	35.4 years

Males: 2,158	(50.2%)
Females: 2,141	(49.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $24,407
County population in 2003: 4,291
Jobs in 2003: 1,245

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Total labor force in 2004: 2,311
Unemployment rate in 2004: 7.6%

Average household size:

Red Lake County:	2.4 people
Minnesota:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $37,964 ($32,052 in 1999)

This county:	$37,964
Minnesota:	$55,802

2007 median house/condo value: $88,080 ($43,200 in 2000)

Red Lake County:	$88,080
Minnesota:	$213,600

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $300 (lower quartile is $227, upper quartile is $389)

This county:	$300
State:	$645

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,234
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $219

Institutionalized population: 93

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 1
Burglaries: 1
Thefts: 13
Auto thefts: 1

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 4
Thefts: 7
Auto thefts: 0

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2004 Presidential Election results in Red Lake County Minnesota:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 53.5%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 44.3%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $548 (1.1%)

Red Lake County household income distribution in 2007

Red Lake County home values distribution

Red Lake County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	10.8%
Whole state:	7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	3.2%
Whole state:	3.2%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Red Lake County is $396 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $640 a month.

Cities in this county include: Red Lake Falls, Oklee, Plummer, Brooks.

Neighboring counties: Pennington County , Polk County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Red Lake County: Hilltop (A), Oklee Racetrack (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Red Lake County include: Saint Dorothys Church (A), Salem Church (B), Evangelical Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Zion Cemetery (1), Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery (2), Huot Cemetery (3), Finnish Cemetery (4), Cyr Cemetery (5), Mount Olive Cemetery (6), Saint Vincent De Paul Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Seiger Group Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Rivers and creeks: Lost River (A), Hill River (B), Lower Badger Creek (C), Cyr Creek (D), Terrebonne Creek (E), Browns Creek (F), Black River (G), Beau Gerlot Creek (H), Poplar River (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Red Lake County include: Old Crossing Treaty State Wayside Park (1), Moran State Wildlife Management Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.7%
Minnesota:	4.7%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 122
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 48 (63% naturalized citizens)

Red Lake County:	1.1%
Whole state:	5.3%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 3 1990 to 1994: 9 1985 to 1989: 3 1980 to 1984: 6 1975 to 1979: 3 1970 to 1974: 5 1970 to 1974: 7 1965 to 1969: 12

Mean travel time to work: 21.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.4%

Red Lake County marital status for males

Red Lake County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,401
One, attached: 11
Two: 61
3 or 4: 8
5 to 9: 23
10 to 19: 88
20 or more: 45
Mobile homes: 244
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2

Housing units in Red Lake County with a mortgage: 324 (22 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 421

Here:	43.5% with mortgage
State:	74.2% with mortgage

Agriculture in Red Lake County
Average size of farms: 600 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $61157
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $125.28
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 23.56%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $56309
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 62.15%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $78811
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.86%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.66
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 9.26%
Corn for grain: 3421 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 52485 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 60775 harvested acres

Red Lake County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Minnesota state average. It is 1.3 times below overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
Construction (12%)
Educational services (7%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Food (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (20%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Public administration (7%)
Radio, TV, and computer and software, and other electronic stores (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (12%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Carpenters (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Canada (40%)
Other Northern Europe (19%)
Germany (13%)
Vietnam (8%)
Argentina (6%)
Netherlands (4%)
Other Eastern Africa (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Red Lake County:

Norwegian (32%)
German (25%)
French (except Basque) (17%)
French Canadian (6%)
Irish (3%)
United States or American (3%)
English (2%)

Red Lake County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,383 (73%)
Carpooled: 236 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
Bicycle: 3 (0%)
Walked: 115 (6%)
Other means: 4 (0%)
Worked at home: 159 (8%)

People in group quarters in Red Lake County, Minnesota

93 people in nursing homes
60 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $41,254.

4.33% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,191 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.33%
Minnesota average:	7.79%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.38% relocated from other counties in Minnesota ($20,529 average AGI)
0.96% relocated from other states ($6,662 average AGI)
Red Lake County: 0.96%
Minnesota average: 2.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Pennington County, MN	1.15% ($29,278 average AGI)
from Polk County, MN	0.76% ($27,250)

7.63% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,710 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.63%
Minnesota average:	7.84%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.42% relocated to other counties in Minnesota ($17,226 average AGI)
2.22% relocated to other states ($6,484 average AGI)
Red Lake County: 2.22%
Minnesota average: 2.37%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Polk County, MN	1.72% ($17,571 average AGI)
to Pennington County, MN	1.17% ($20,474)
to Cass County, ND	0.62% ($21,000)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9

Births per 1000 population in Red Lake County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Red Lake County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 21.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Red Lake County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 810 (732 aged, 78 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1366.690
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1065.550
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 69.49

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 23.42
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 46.33

Household type by relationship

Households: 4,136

In family households: 3,457 (959 male householders, 164 female householders)
956 spouses, 1,268 children (1,205 natural, 22 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 15 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 679 (285 male householders (230 living alone)), 302 female householders (293 living alone)), 92 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 163 (113 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 524 2-persons, 229 3-persons, 187 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 523 1-person, 51 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

94.8% of residents of Red Lake County speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (10% speak English very well, 90% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $30,526,000 ($7117 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $251,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $9,512,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $5,516,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,986,000
Federal grants: $7,726,000
Federal procurement contracts: $558,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,227,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $546,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $632,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,362,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 268

Here:	62 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 232

Here:	54 per 1000 residents
State:	38 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +3

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -11

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

Population growth in Red Lake County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.01 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	3.7

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 23
1995 to 1998: 86
1990 to 1994: 57
1980 to 1989: 140
1970 to 1979: 401
1960 to 1969: 186
1950 to 1959: 181
1940 to 1949: 137
1939 or earlier: 672

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Red Lake County, Minnesota:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 14 3 rooms: 34 4 rooms: 129 5 rooms: 308 6 rooms: 289 7 rooms: 238 8 rooms: 158 9+ rooms: 201

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Red Lake County, Minnesota:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 34 3 rooms: 88 4 rooms: 87 5 rooms: 71 6 rooms: 32 7 rooms: 18 8 rooms: 20 9+ rooms: 4

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Red Lake County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 52 2 bedrooms: 270 3 bedrooms: 640 4 bedrooms: 315 5+ bedrooms: 94

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Red Lake County:
	no bedroom: 4 1 bedroom: 118 2 bedrooms: 100 3 bedrooms: 98 4 bedrooms: 30 5+ bedrooms: 6

Cars and other vehicles available in Red Lake County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 54 1 vehicle: 302 2 vehicles: 637 3 vehicles: 275 4 vehicles: 72 5+ vehicles: 31

Cars and other vehicles available in Red Lake County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 66 1 vehicle: 170 2 vehicles: 86 3 vehicles: 32 4 vehicles: 0 5+ vehicles: 2

72% of Red Lake County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Minnesota.

Red Lake County:	71.5%
State average:	58.1%

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

This state: 3580
Northeast: 11
Midwest: 481
South: 33
West: 126

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%) Electricity (29%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%) Wood (8%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (49%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%) Wood (4%) Utility gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58

Here:	11.7%
Minnesota:	11.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11

Here:	3.4%
Minnesota:	6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10

Here:	9.2%
Minnesota:	24.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Red Lake County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $828,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,945,000
Welfare - Other: $864,000

Police Protection: $645,000

Financial Administration: $477,000

Natural Resources - Other: $345,000

Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $280,000

General Public Buildings: $171,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $160,000

General - Other: $152,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $130,000

Solid Waste Management: $110,000

Health Services - Other: $64,000

Parks & Recreation: $64,000

Corrections - Other: $62,000

Housing & Community Development: $19,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $263,000
Special Assessments: $46,000

Interest Earnings: $15,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $150,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,139,000
Public Welfare: $606,000

General Support: $521,000
Tax - Property: $1,367,000
NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $2,988,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Red Lake County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)