Stevens County

2000

Demographic[1]
Total Population	10,053
Median Age	33.9
Male Population	3,754
Female Population	4,126
Ethnicity: White	9,664
Ethnicity: Black or African American	92
Ethnicity: Asian	70
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	90
Total Housing Units	4,074

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Annual
Total Employment	3,039	3,699	3,654	4,187	3,645
Net Job Flows	896	271	213	-136	311
Job Creation	1,042	476	343	208	517
New Hires	387	415	391	343	384
Separations	438	593	407	684	531
Turnover (percent)	7.5	15.7	9.0	11.3	11.0
Average Monthly Earnings	$2,335.00	$2,366.00	$2,229.00	$2,558.00	$2,372.00
Average New Hire Earnings	$1,427.00	$1,346.00	$1,499.00	$2,044.00	$1,579.00

Percent Employed[3]	64.0
Percent Unemployed[4]	3.6

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	77.5
Drove alone	68.5
Carpooled	9.0
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	1.8
Walked	11.3
Bicycle	N/A
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	1.5
Worked at home	7.8
Worked in county of residence	N/A
Worked outside county of residence	N/A
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	13.0

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Households	3,751
Occupied Housing Units	92.1
Vacant Housing Units	7.9
For Rent	N/A
Rented, not occupied	N/A
For sale only	N/A
Sold, not occupied	N/A
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1.5
All other vacants	N/A
Homeowner vacancy rate	2.0
Rental vacancy rate	7.2

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	8.5
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	7.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	34.1
Some college, no degree	21.3
Associate’s degree	8.4
Bachelor’s degree	14.6
Graduate or professional degree	6.0
High school graduate or higher	84.4
Bachelor’s degree or higher	20.6

Agriculture[8]
Number of Farms	950
Land in Farms	246,804 acres
Average Size of Farm	260 acres
Total value of agricultural products sold	37,856,000
Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse	9,854,000
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	28,002,000

*1997 data was used

Farmland Sales[9]
Number of Sales	11
Average Parcel Size	167
Sum of Parcel Size	1,838
Minimum Parcel Size	110
Maximum Parcel Size	252

Timberland Sales[10]
Number of Sales	N/A
Average Parcel Size	N/A
Sum of Parcel Size	N/A
Minimum Parcel Size	N/A
Maximum Parcel Size	N/A

Land Values[11]
Total acres	635,620
Total estimated value	557,018,000
Estimated value per acre	1,756

Soils Data[12]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
194,888	110,749	46,077	0	0	3,570	0	2,303	0	1,730	359,316
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
99,917	161,703	53,680	7,602	7,602	7,602	4,032	4,032	1,730	0	359,316

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
9,031	0	4,508	3,277	211	9,432	10,767	38,570	158,132	125,390	359,316
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	359,316

Wind and water erosion tables reflect the number of acres with the above listed tonnage of erosion per acre.

Crop production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed crop growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for farming.

Aspen production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed aspen growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for growing aspen trees or forests.

Property Taxes[13]
	Taxable Market Value	Local Net Tax Capacity
Farm Homestead	203,356,870	1,437,880
Farm Non Homestead	119,111,972	1,402,302
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	727,307	8,554
Residential Homestead	125,056,674	1,277,952
Residential Non Homestead	14,829,492	173,424
Apartments	7,349,742	130,433
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	58,894	925
Commercial	27,205,369	682,164
Industrial	1,740,058	50,535
Utilities	1,783,035	50,228
Railroads	3,515,296	115,433
Other	0	0
Personal	9,247,793	282,035
Total	513,982,500	5,611,866

Natality[14]
Number of Births	117
Fertility Rate	51.5
Birth Rate	11.7
Number of Deaths	90
Death Rate	9.0
Natural Rate of Increase	2.7

*1999 data was used

Mortality (all ages)[15]
AIDS/HIV	0
Alzheimer’s Disease	4
Atherosclerosis	2
Cancer	18
Cirrhosis	0
Congenital Anomalies	0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	4
Diabetes	2
Heart Disease	17
Homicide	0
Hypertension	N/A
Nephritis	1
Perinatal Conditions	1
Pneumonia and Influenza	5
Septicemia	0
SIDS	0
Stroke	9
Suicide	1
Unintentional Injury	3
Other	N/A

[2] Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Local Employment Dynamics, All NAICS Sectors

[7] American Community Survey, population 25 years and over