County population in 2016: 93,528 (56% urban, 44% rural); it was 64,417 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 21,323 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 3,871 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 18,125 Renter-occupied apartments: 5,018 (it was 3,456 in 2000)
% of renters here:
16%
State:
27%
Land area: 436 sq. mi.
Water area: 14.7 sq. mi.
Population density: 214 people per square mile (high).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Sherburne County: 104.1 (near average, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (20.1%), Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing (19.2%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (14.6%), Retail trade (10.3%).
Estimated median household income in 2016: $83,675 ($57,014 in 1999)
This county:
$83,675
Minnesota:
$65,599
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $774 (lower quartile is $519, upper quartile is $1,066)
This county:
$774
State:
$830
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $214,400 (it was $139,400 in 2000)
Sherburne:
$214,400
Minnesota:
$211,800
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $165,500 - $290,200 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,484 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $525
Institutionalized population: 1,980
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 8
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 37
Burglaries: 123
Thefts: 496
Auto thefts: 51
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 1
Rapes: 12
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 27
Burglaries: 83
Thefts: 494
Auto thefts: 43
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,360 (1.1%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,609 (1.1%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 6.5%
Sherburne County:
6.5%
Minnesota:
9.9%
(3.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 36.3% for Black residents, 13.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 15.4% for American Indian residents, 34.9% for other race residents, 14.8% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 35.8 years old
(Males: 35.6 years old, Females: 35.9 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 37.4 years old, Black residents: 37.1 years old, American Indian residents: 50.9 years old, Asian residents: 28.5 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 9.6 years old, Other race residents: 25.9 years old)
Area name: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sherburne County is $705 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $855 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1119 a month.
Current college students: 3,410 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.1% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 25.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,217 (43.2% naturalized citizens)
Sherburne County:
2.4%
Whole state:
8.2%
Note: State values scaled to Sherburne County population
5372010 or later
7902000 to 2009
8281990 to 1999
2481980 to 1989
1061970 to 1979
267Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 32.2%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 27,333
One, attached: 2,229
3 or 4: 472
10 to 19: 448
20 to 49: 1,958
50 or more: 553
Mobile homes: 411
Housing units in Sherburne County with a mortgage: 20,467 (1,124 second mortgage, 1,556 home equity loan, 73 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 5,768
Here:
80.0% with mortgage
State:
67.2% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Sherburne County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Evangelical Protestant
15,518
37
Catholic
11,772
4
Mainline Protestant
5,958
11
Other
531
1
None
54,720
-
Sherburne County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 6
Sherburne County:
0.70 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.83 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 27
Sherburne County:
3.14 / 10,000 pop.
Minnesota:
3.90 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 36
This county:
4.18 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.98 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Sherburne County:
6.0%
Minnesota:
6.5%
Adult obesity rate:
Sherburne County:
27.6%
State:
25.9%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
8.6%
State:
13.0%
Agriculture in Sherburne County:
Average size of farms: 186 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $71,696 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $453.46 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 7.48% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 22.10% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $54,437 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 66.28% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 45.50% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $55,429 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 91.73% Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 7.29 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 9.21% Corn for grain: 33722 harvested acres All wheat for grain: 647 harvested acres Soybeans for beans: 21418 harvested acres Vegetables: 2,975 harvested acres Land in orchards: 33 acres
Earthquake activity:
Sherburne County-area historical earthquake activity is below Minnesota state average. It is 91% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 111.4 miles away from Sherburne County center On 6/5/1993 at 01:24:53, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 123.5 miles away from the county center On 3/4/1983 at 06:32:18, a magnitude 4.6 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 4.4 ML) earthquake occurred 289.1 miles away from the county center On 10/20/1995 at 15:57:18, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 151.9 miles away from the county center On 2/9/1994 at 08:45:35, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 66.8 miles away from Sherburne County center On 11/3/2002 at 20:41:56, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 313.9 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)
Most recent natural disasters:
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 Flooding, Incident Period: June 28, 1997 to July 27, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1187: August 25, 1997, FEMA Id: 1187, Natural disaster type: 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
Minnesota Drought, Incident Period: June 17, 1976, Emergency Declared EM-3013: June 17, 1976, FEMA Id: 3013, Natural disaster type: Drought
Minnesota FLOODING, Incident Period: April 18, 1969, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-255: April 18, 1969, FEMA Id: 255, Natural disaster type: Flood
Minnesota FLOODING, Incident Period: March 22, 1966, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-215: March 22, 1966, FEMA Id: 215, Natural disaster type: Flood
Minnesota FLOODING, Incident Period: April 11, 1965, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-188: April 11, 1965, FEMA Id: 188, Natural disaster type: Flood
The number of natural disasters in Sherburne County (8) is smaller than the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6 Emergencies Declared: 2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (7%)
Material moving occupations (5%)
Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
Sales and related occupations (10%)
Management occupations (8%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (8%)
Personal care and service occupations (8%)
Education, training, and library occupations (8%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (8%)
Mexico (13%)
Liberia (7%)
Moldova (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Philippines (6%)
Canada (5%)
Somalia (5%)
German (32%)
Norwegian (10%)
American (9%)
Swedish (4%)
Polish (3%)
European (3%)
Irish (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 20,634 (79.5%)
Carpooled: 2,111 (8.1%)
Bus or trolley bus: 101 (0.4%)
Ferryboat: 12 (0.0%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 139 (0.5%)
Bicycle: 213 (0.8%)
Walked: 320 (1.2%)
Worked at home: 2,522 (9.7%)
People in group quarters in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2000:
800 people in state prisons
469 people in nursing homes
140 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
109 people in religious group quarters
42 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
39 people in homes for the mentally retarded
10 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
4 people in other group homes
People in group quarters in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2010:
1,000 people in state prisons
494 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
486 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
100 people in group homes intended for adults
86 people in other noninstitutional facilities
8 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $65,227.
8.14% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($37,088 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
8.14%
Minnesota average:
6.51%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.06% relocated from other counties in Minnesota ($31,773 average AGI)
1.08% relocated from other states ($5,315 average AGI)
Sherburne County:
1.08%
Minnesota average:
1.96%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
8.28% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($36,728 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
8.28%
Minnesota average:
6.71%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.74% relocated to other counties in Minnesota ($29,330 average AGI)
1.53% relocated to other states ($7,398 average AGI)
Sherburne County:
1.53%
Minnesota average:
2.16%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 7,482 (6,218 aged, 1,264 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 901 (3%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 1999 - 2014:
Atherosclerotic heart disease (434)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (426)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (205)
Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality (175)
Congestive heart failure (133)
Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (127)
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: 1,507 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 478 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 10
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 28 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 48
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 10
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 139.6. This is more than state average.
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Firearm - 51.6
Other - 88.0
Household type by relationship:
Households: 93,528
In family households: 82,026 (13,198 male householders, 11,648 female householders)
20,022 spouses, 31,360 children (29,563 natural, 960 adopted, 837 stepchildren), 972 grandchildren, 259 brothers or sisters, 1,118 parents, 992 other relatives, 2,457 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 9,330 (3,224 male householders (2,150 living alone)), 3,504 female householders (2,807 living alone)), 2,602 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,172
Size of family households: 10,505 2-persons, 4,819 3-persons, 5,702 4-persons, 2,718 5-persons, 562 6-persons, 540 7-or-more-persons.
19,427 married couples with children.
5,358 single-parent households (1,255 men, 4,103 women).
94.4% of residents of Sherburne speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $160,631,000 ($2,039 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $3,571,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $94,240,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $22,553,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,457,000 Federal grants: $25,771,000 Federal procurement contracts: $2,436,000 ($142,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $13,175,000 ($37,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $707,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $188,639,000 Federal Government insurance: $26,625,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 6,160
Here:
75 per 1000 residents
State:
70 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 2,073
Here:
25 per 1000 residents
State:
38 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +111
Here:
+1 per 1000 residents
State:
+14 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +12,733
Here:
+156 per 1000 residents
State:
-3 per 1000 residents
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.15 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
7.1
State:
7.0
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.3
State:
4.0
Note: State values scaled to Sherburne County population
3712014 or later
1,1902010 to 2013
10,9272000 to 2009
7,5951990 to 1999
4,1431980 to 1989
4,2891970 to 1979
2,2051960 to 1969
1,1941950 to 1959
1961940 to 1949
1,2941939 or earlier
Rooms in houses/apartments in Sherburne County, Minnesota
Note: State values scaled to Sherburne County population
236no vehicle
3,1631 vehicle
11,5022 vehicles
7,1683 vehicles
2,9304 vehicles
1,2365+ vehicles
Note: State values scaled to Sherburne County population
473no vehicle
2,0641 vehicle
1,9532 vehicles
4293 vehicles
4204 vehicles
05+ vehicles
87.5% of Sherburne County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Minnesota.
Sherburne County:
87.5%
State average:
85.6%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 74,244
Other state: 16,613
Northeast: 1,181
Midwest: 10,700
South: 1,746
West: 2,986
Most commonly used house heating fuel in Sherburne County
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