Wright County, Minnesota (MN)

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• • 124,43391.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,1463.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,7052.0%Two or more races
  • 1,9691.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,5881.2%Asian alone
  • 3320.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2520.2%Some other race alone
  • 260.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $307,124

Here:	$307,124
State:	$296,404

Townhouses or other attached units: $200,885

Here:	$200,885
State:	$232,732

In 2-unit structures: $129,741

Here:	$129,741
State:	$259,218

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $195,822

Here:	$195,822
State:	$233,861

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $141,218

Here:	$141,218
State:	$225,601

Mobile homes: $43,735

Here:	$43,735
State:	$67,064

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 36
• Burglaries: 241
• Thefts: 1628
• Auto thefts: 137

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 47
• Burglaries: 222
• Thefts: 1651
• Auto thefts: 161

Health of residents in Wright County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

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: $2,860 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,432 (1.1%)

Area name: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Wright 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.

Cities in this county include: Buffalo, St. Michael, Monticello, Otsego, Delano, Albertville, Rockford, Cokato, Annandale, Howard Lake.

2018 air pollution in Wright County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Big Stone County , Codington County, South Dakota , Door County, Wisconsin , Sherman County, Oregon , Isanti County , Potter County, South Dakota .

Current college students: 2,738
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 96.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 33.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,508 (56.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5112010 or later
• 1,2512000 to 2009
• 9771990 to 1999
• 1751980 to 1989
• 1151970 to 1979
• 248Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 42.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 43,095
• One, attached: 3,601
• Two: 92
• 3 or 4: 308
• 5 to 9: 415
• 10 to 19: 931
• 20 to 49: 1,339
• 50 or more: 427
• Mobile homes: 3,081

Housing units in Wright County with a mortgage: 30,959 (829 second mortgage, 3,354 home equity loan, 329 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,212

Religion statistics for Wright County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Wright 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, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: June 11, 2014 to July 12, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4182: July 21, 2014, FEMA Id: 4182, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• 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 Flooding, Incident Period: March 01, 2010 to April 26, 2010, Emergency Declared EM-3310: March 19, 2010, FEMA Id: 3310, 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 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
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.42% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($62,410 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.27% relocated from other counties in Minnesota ($53,703 average AGI)
1.15% relocated from other states ($8,707 average AGI)

Wright County:	1.15%
Minnesota average:	2.11%

from Hennepin County, MN	2.57% ($75,816 average AGI)
from Sherburne County, MN	0.87% ($57,257)
from Anoka County, MN	0.46% ($55,508)
from Stearns County, MN	0.43% ($53,023)
from Ramsey County, MN	0.22% ($50,319)
from Carver County, MN	0.19% ($60,960)
from Dakota County, MN	0.18% ($60,966)

7.04% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($60,450 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.71% relocated to other counties in Minnesota ($47,988 average AGI)
1.33% relocated to other states ($12,461 average AGI)

Wright County:	1.33%
Minnesota average:	2.17%

to Hennepin County, MN	1.87% ($72,292 average AGI)
to Sherburne County, MN	1.10% ($52,737)
to Stearns County, MN	0.48% ($43,737)
to Anoka County, MN	0.38% ($55,074)
to Ramsey County, MN	0.20% ($45,612)
to McLeod County, MN	0.18% ($41,604)
to Meeker County, MN	0.18% ($47,697)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 17.5
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 5.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 5.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Wright County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 25,867 (5,784 living alone), Female householders: 23,576 (5,338 living alone)

• 30,571 spouses (30,442 opposite-sex spouses), 3,320 unmarried partners, (3,288 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 47,019 children (45,485 natural, 560 adopted, 974 stepchildren), 1,488 grandchildren, 666 brothers or sisters, 920 parents, 235 foster children, 1,132 other relatives, 2,469 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,114

Size of family households: 15,515 2-persons, 6,766 3-persons, 7,272 4-persons, 3,003 5-persons, 1,753 6-persons, 889 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,122 1-person, 2,825 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 7 5-persons.

30,851 married couples with children.
5,064 single-parent households (1,715 men, 3,349 women).

95.2% of residents of Wright speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $283,346,000 ($2,651 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $13,326,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $151,017,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $52,557,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,378,000
Federal grants: $44,202,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,242,000 ($735,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $21,951,000 ($8,850,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,458,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $111,093,000
Federal Government insurance: $55,245,000

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

Here:	+132 per 1000 residents
State:	-3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.30 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Wright County, Minnesota
• 3,0822014 or later
• 1,9152010 to 2013
• 14,8092000 to 2009
• 9,9161990 to 1999
• 6,7571980 to 1989
• 7,1511970 to 1979
• 2,2701960 to 1969
• 1,7871950 to 1959
• 1,0081940 to 1949
• 4,5941939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Wright County, Minnesota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wright County, Minnesota
• 211 room
• 312 rooms
• 7973 rooms
• 3,3454 rooms
• 4,7855 rooms
• 9,3406 rooms
• 5,8087 rooms
• 6,6698 rooms
• 11,3759+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wright County, Minnesota
• 2801 room
• 3612 rooms
• 9873 rooms
• 1,9494 rooms
• 6195 rooms
• 1,1246 rooms
• 6767 rooms
• 7448 rooms
• 5329+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Wright County, Minnesota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Wright County, Minnesota
• 177no bedroom
• 4361 bedroom
• 6,8032 bedrooms
• 16,9223 bedrooms
• 14,1984 bedrooms
• 3,6355+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wright County, Minnesota
• 280no bedroom
• 1,4861 bedroom
• 2,5712 bedrooms
• 1,7673 bedrooms
• 7444 bedrooms
• 4245+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Wright County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 232no vehicle
• 7,8191 vehicle
• 19,3242 vehicles
• 10,0913 vehicles
• 3,3954 vehicles
• 1,3105+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Wright County in renter-occupied apartments
• 930no vehicle
• 3,2271 vehicle
• 2,1932 vehicles
• 8353 vehicles
• 524 vehicles
• 355+ vehicles

90.3% of Wright County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Minnesota.

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

• This state: 104,916
• Other state: 29,126
• Northeast: 1,539
• Midwest: 17,184
• South: 5,989
• West: 4,414

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 636
• Number of aged recipients: 67
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 569
• Number of recipients under 18: 119
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 406
• Number of recipients older than 64: 111
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 239
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 253

Wright County on our top lists:

• #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #90 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"