Big Stone County

1970

Demographic[1]
Total Population	7941
Median Age	NA
Male Population	3947
Female Population	3994
Ethnicity: White	7918
Ethnicity: Black or African American	2
Ethnicity: Asian	NA
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	NA
Total Households	2436

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

Percent Employed[3]
Percent Unemployed[4]

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
Occupied Housing Units
Vacant Housing Units
For Rent
Rented, not occupied
For sale only
Sold, not occupied
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use
All other vacants
Homeowner vacancy rate
Rental vacancy rate

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	38.33116037
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	13.40721425
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	30.24771838
Some college, no degree	10.34332899
Associate’s degree	NA
Bachelor’s degree	NA
Graduate or professional degree	NA
High school graduate or higher	48.26162538
Bachelor’s degree or higher	7.670578010

Agriculture[8]
Number of Farms	655
Land in Farms	282067 acres
Average Size of Farm	430.6 acres
Total value of agricultural products sold	$11914086
Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse	$4685635
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	$7228451

Farmland Sales[9]
Number of Sales
Average Parcel Size
Sum of Parcel Size
Minimum Parcel Size
Maximum Parcel Size

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

Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total


Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total

Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total

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