Steele County, MN

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2022 Population

37,396

0.0883% 1-year growth

US Senator

Amy Klobuchar

Democratic (DFL) Party

US Senator

Tina Smith

Democratic (DFL) Party

2022 Median Age

39.9

0.758% 1-year increase

2022 Poverty Rate

8.46%

1.14% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$79,722

8.51% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$217,100

17.2% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Steele County, MN had a population of 37.4k people with a median age of 39.9 and a median household income of $79,722. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Steele County, MN grew from 37,363 to 37,396, a 0.0883% increase and its median household income grew from $73,468 to $79,722, a 8.51% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Steele County, MN are White (Non-Hispanic) (85.1%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (3.05%), White (Hispanic) (3.03%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.89%), and Two+ (Hispanic) (2.73%).

None of the households in Steele County, MN reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.6% of the residents in Steele County, MN are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Steele County, MN was $217,100, and the homeownership rate was 77.4%.

Most people in Steele County, MN drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 18.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Steele County, MN was 2 cars per household.

Steele County, MN borders Dodge County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Mower County, MN, Rice County, MN, and Waseca County, MN.

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Population & Diversity

Steele County, MN is home to a population of 37.4k people, from which 97.6% are citizens. As of 2022, 4.57% of Steele County, MN residents were born outside of the country (1.71k people).

In 2022, there were 27.9 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (31.8k people) in Steele County, MN than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.14k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.13k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

97.6%

2022 Citizenship

98%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 97.6% of Steele County, MN residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Steele County, MN was 98%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Steele County, MN compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Steele County, MN

White (Non-Hispanic)
31.8k ± 127
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
1.14k ± 190
White (Hispanic)
1.13k ± 268

8.27%

Hispanic Population

3.09k people

8.27% of the people in Steele County, MN are hispanic (3.09k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Steele County, MN as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

4.57%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

1.71k people

4.52%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

1.69k people

As of 2022, 4.57% of Steele County, MN residents (1.71k people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Steele County, MN was 4.52%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Steele County, MN compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
804 ± 148
Gulf War (2001-)
340 ± 126
Gulf War (1990s)
232 ± 98

Steele County, MN has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.36 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Steele County, MN employs 19.1k people. The largest industries in Steele County, MN are Manufacturing (4,172 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (2,425 people), and Retail Trade (2,365 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($158,015), Utilities ($95,938), and Finance & Insurance ($80,769).

Employment

Occupations

19.1k

2022 Value

± 884

0.716%

1 Year growth

± 6.27%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Steele County, MN grew at a rate of 0.716%, from 19k employees to 19.1k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Steele County, MN, are Production Occupations (2,286 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,976 people), and Management Occupations (1,767 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Steele County, MN.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Minnesota (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

19.1k

2022 Value

± 884

0.716%

1 Year growth

± 6.27%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Steele County, MN grew at a rate of 0.716%, from 19k employees to 19.1k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Steele County, MN, are Manufacturing (4,172 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (2,425 people), and Retail Trade (2,365 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Steele County, MN, though some of these residents may live in Steele County, MN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$56,498

Median earning men ± $2,424

$40,420

Median earning women ± $2,310

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($101,625), Public Administration ($84,583), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($78,958).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Information ($70,250), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($70,058), and Public Administration ($65,544).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.26%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.93M people employed in Minnesota. This represents a 2.26% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Minnesota.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

329
Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance
265
Manufacturing
242
Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Steele County, MN went to Donald J. Trump with 59.9% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (37.5%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.32%).

Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith are the senators currently representing the state of Minnesota. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Minnesota is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (59.9%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (37.5%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (1.32%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Steele County, MN for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Minnesota

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Amy Klobuchar

Senator from Minnesota

Assumed office on January 3, 2007
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States)|U.S. Democratic Party and its members are counted as Democrats.

Tina Smith

Senator from Minnesota

Assumed office on January 3, 2018
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Al Franken.

Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith are the senators currently representing Minnesota.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Minnesota over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Minnesota

Minnesota is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Minnesota have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.877% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.991% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.07M), Bachelors Degree (1.04M), and Some college (962k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Steele County, MN was $217,100 in 2022, which is 0.77 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $185,200 to $217,100, a 17.2% increase. The homeownership rate in Steele County, MN is 77.4%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Steele County, MN have an average commute time of 18.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Steele County, MN is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Steele County, MN is $79,722. In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income in Steele County, MN was Census Tract 9602 with a value of $97,868, followed by Census Tract 9605 and Census Tract 9601, with respective values of $96,875 and $94,946.

Property

$217,100

Median Property Value 2022

±$8,286

$11,624

Median Property Taxes

±$653

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Steele County, MN the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Steele County, MN compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

77.4%

Homeownership

2022

61.3%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 77.4% of the housing units in Steele County, MN were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 77%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Steele County, MN compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 9602
Census Tract 9605
Census Tract 9601

In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Steele County, MN was Census Tract 9602 with a value of $97,868, followed by Census Tract 9605 and Census Tract 9601, with respective values of $96,875 and $94,946.

The following map shows all of the tracts in Steele County, MN colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$79,722

Median Household Income

± $3,847

15k

Number of Households

± 780

In 2022, the median household income of the 15k households in Steele County, MN grew to $79,722 from the previous year's value of $73,468.

The following chart displays the households in Steele County, MN distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Steele County, MN is from Minnesota.

0.458

2022 Wage GINI in Minnesota

0.459

2021 Wage GINI in Minnesota

In 2022, the income inequality in Minnesota was 0.458 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.267% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Minnesota was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Minnesota in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Minnesota across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (82.3%)
Worked At Home (6.86%)
Carpooled (5.95%)

In 2022, 82.3% of workers in Steele County, MN drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (6.86%) and those who carpooled to work (5.95%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

18.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Steele County, MN have a shorter commute time (18.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 1.57% of the workforce in Steele County, MN have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Steele County, MN compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Steele County, MN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Steele County, MN have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

8.46% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Steele County, MN (3.12k out of 36.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 18 - 24, followed by Males 35 - 44 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Steele County, MN is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

96.3% of the population of Steele County, MN has health coverage, with 55.1% on employee plans, 14.6% on Medicaid, 15.4% on Medicare, 10.2% on non-group plans, and 1.05% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Steele County, MN see 1591 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.126% decrease from the previous year (1593 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1167 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 359 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

1,591 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Steele County, MN

Primary care physicians in Steele County, MN see an average of 1,591 patients per year. This represents a 0.126% decrease from the previous year (1,593 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Steele County, MN in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.3% under 18 years, 17.8% between 18 and 34 years, 38% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

3.66%

Uninsured

55.1%

Employer Coverage

14.6%

Medicaid

15.4%

Medicare

10.2%

Non-Group

1.05%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Steele County, MN declined by 3.83% from 3.8% to 3.66%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Steele County, MN changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2023, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 32.9 in Steele County, MN.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Steele County, MN.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 33.9% in Steele County, MN.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Steele County, MN.