Big Stone County

1990

Demographic[1]
Total Population	6,285
Median Age	NA
Male Population	3,009
Female Population	3,237
Ethnicity: White	6,237
Ethnicity: Black or African American	4
Ethnicity: Asian	15
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	23
Total Households	2,463

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Annual
Total Employment	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Net Job Flows	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Job Creation	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Hires	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Separations	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Turnover (percent)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Average Monthly Earnings	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Average New Hire Earnings	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Percent Employed[3]	95.8%
Percent Unemployed[4]	4.2%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van
Drove alone
Carpooled
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)
Walked
Bicycle
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means
Worked at home
Worked in county of residence
Worked outside county of residence
Mean travel time to work (minutes)

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing Units	3,192
Occupied Housing Units	2,463
Vacant Housing Units	729
For Rent	NA
Rented, not occupied	73
For sale only	NA
Sold, not occupied	83
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	NA
All other vacants	136
Homeowner vacancy rate	NA
Rental vacancy rate	NA

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma
High school graduate (includes equivalency)
Some college, no degree
Associate’s degree
Bachelor’s degree
Graduate or professional degree
High school graduate or higher
Bachelor’s degree or higher

Agriculture[8]
Number of Farms	504
Land in Farms	277,071 acres
Average Size of Farm	550 acres
Total value of agricultural products sold	$37,671,000
Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse	$22,577,000
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	$15,094,000

Farmland Sales[9]
Number of Sales	26
Average Parcel Size	217 acres
Sum of Parcel Size	5,641 acres
Minimum Parcel Size	79 acres
Maximum Parcel Size	707 acres

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

Land Values[11]
Total acres
Total estimated value
Estimated value per acre

Soils Data[12]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
200,624	83,360	16,621	10,827	4,114	0	0	0	0	6,656	322,203
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
189,843	121,578	38,218	21,597	10,770	6,656	6,656	6,656	6,656	0	322,203

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
20,813	1,011	5,683	461	5,081	2,252	9,319	35,647	172,278	69,658	322,203
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	322,203

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
Farm Non Homestead
Timber
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation
Residential Homestead
Residential Non Homestead
Apartments
Commercial Seasonal Recreation
Commercial
Industrial
Utilities
Railroads
Other
Personal
Total

Natality[14]
Number of Births
Fertility Rate
Birth Rate
Number of Deaths
Death Rate
Natural Rate of Increase

Mortality (all ages)[15]
AIDS/HIV
Alzheimer’s Disease
Atherosclerosis
Cancer
Cirrhosis
Congenital Anomalies
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Homicide
Hypertension
Nephritis
Perinatal Conditions
Pneumonia and Influenza
Septicemia
SIDS
Stroke
Suicide
Unintentional Injury
Other

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

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