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Olmsted County Demographics

 

 

Racial Distribution: 2010 Census

 

 

Number

% of Pop'n

Change since 2000

Total

144,248

100%

16.1%

White, non-Hispanic

120,348

83.4%

8.8%

Black

6,751

4.7%

102.7%

Asian

7,806

5.4%

47.1%

Native American

353

0.2%

83.9%

Other

2,368

1.6%

106.3%

Hispanic (any race)

6,081

4.2%

105.5%

Mixed race

2,978

2.1%

58.3%

 

 

Percentage Below Poverty Level:

2009 American Community Survey

 

 

2000

2009

Individuals

6.4%

7.5%

Families

3.8%

4.9%

Female householders

1.9%

24.4%

Female householders with children under 5

NA

46.8%

Under 18

1.8%

9.6%

65 and over

1.0%

6.9%

 

 

Population by Ancestry Group:

2009 American Community Survey

 

 

Number

% of Pop'n

American

4,247

3.0%

Arab

438

0.3%

Czech

2,205

1.6%

Danish

2,012

1.4%

Dutch

3,433

2.5%

English

11,277

8.1%

French (except Basque)

3,982

2.9%

French Canadian

713

0.5%

German

54,008

38.7%

Greek

322

0.2%

Hungarian

408

0.3%

Irish

15,691

11.2%

Italian

2,474

1.8%

Lithuanian

149

0.1%

Norwegian

23,846

17.1%

Polish

4,330

3.1%

Portuguese

105

0.1%

Russian

868

0.6%

Scotch-Irish

1,342

1.0%

Scottish

2,279

1.6%

Slovak

239

0.2%

Swedish

2,794

2.0%

Swiss

1,022

0.7%

Ukrainian

229

0.2%

Welsh

770

0.6%

West Indian

171

0.1%

 

 

World Region of Birth of Foreign Born:

2009 American Community Survey

 

Number

% of Foreign Born Pop'n

Europe

1,723

14.8%

Asia

5,313

45.6%

Africa

2,130

18.3%

Oceania

220

1.9%

Latin America

1,848

15.9%

North America

414

3.6%

 

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