Demographic Profile for Chippewa County, Minnesota
From 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Chippewa from another country. The international migration into Chippewa accounts for 0 percent of immigration into the State of Minnesota. This percent of international migration is low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.
Chippewa County, Minnesota has a population that is made of 94.4 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 3.8 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 4.4 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Minnesota percent of 11.2. Since 2000, Chippewa has increased the percent of minority makeup when 2.4 percent of the population was made up of minorities.
By measuring total land area, Chippewa covers a total land area of 583 total square miles. The area has a low density of 22 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Clarke, AL (22 per sq. mile ), Tallahatchie, MS (22 per sq. mile ), Wilkes, GA (22 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Ripley, MO (22 per sq. mile ), Miller, GA (22 per sq. mile ), Barton, MO (22 per sq. mile ).
Chippewa County, Minnesota had a population of 12,802 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 13,074. The decline shows a decrease of -2.1 percent. Chippewa ranks 62 of 87 counties when calculating total change in population for Minnesota and the county ranks 2,465 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Chippewa County, Minnesota to be 42.4 years old. The median in Chippewa is greater than the median age for the State of Minnesota of 36.7. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 40.7 years old. With 22.6 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Chippewa can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 58.5 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 18.9 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Chippewa County, Minnesota has a population that is made of 94.4 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 3.8 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 4.4 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Minnesota percent of 11.2. Since 2000, Chippewa has increased the percent of minority makeup when 2.4 percent of the population was made up of minorities.
By measuring total land area, Chippewa covers a total land area of 583 total square miles. The area has a low density of 22 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Clarke, AL (22 per sq. mile ), Tallahatchie, MS (22 per sq. mile ), Wilkes, GA (22 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Ripley, MO (22 per sq. mile ), Miller, GA (22 per sq. mile ), Barton, MO (22 per sq. mile ).
Chippewa County, Minnesota had a population of 12,802 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 13,074. The decline shows a decrease of -2.1 percent. Chippewa ranks 62 of 87 counties when calculating total change in population for Minnesota and the county ranks 2,465 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Chippewa County, Minnesota to be 42.4 years old. The median in Chippewa is greater than the median age for the State of Minnesota of 36.7. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 40.7 years old. With 22.6 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Chippewa can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 58.5 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 18.9 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
