Lac qui Parle County, MN

2000

Demographic[1]
Total Population	8,067
Median Age	43.4
Male Population	4,006
Female Population	4,061
Ethnicity: White	7,974
Ethnicity: Black or African American	13
Ethnicity: Asian	26
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	21
Total Households	3,316

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Annual
Total Employment	1,694	1,656	1,546	1,666	1640.5
Net Job Flows	-28	-29	-5	39	-23
Job Creation	60	122	90	150	105.5
New Hires	104	161	129	120	128.5
Separations	192	463	180	255	272.5
Turnover (percent)	5.5%	7.8%	6.0%	7.2%	6.625%
Average Monthly Earnings	$1,830.00	$2,047.00	$1,613.00	$1,976.00	$1,866.50
Average New Hire Earnings	$789.00	$1,261.00	$1,047.00	$1,360.00	$1,114.25

Percent Employed[3]	60.4%
Percent Unemployed[4]	2.1%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	81%
Drove alone	72%
Carpooled	9%
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	0.5%
Walked	6.6%
Bicycle	0.3%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	0.4%
Worked at home	11.2%
Worked in county of residence	2,789
Worked outside county of residence	896
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	17.5 mins

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing Units	3,774
Occupied Housing Units	87.9%
Vacant Housing Units	12.1%
For Rent	14.8%
Rented, not occupied	6.0%
For sale only	22.1%
Sold, not occupied	0.6%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	25.3%
All other vacants	30.8%
Homeowner vacancy rate	3.6
Rental vacancy rate	9.7

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	11.5%
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	7.8%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	37.7%
Some college, no degree	22.6%
Associate’s degree	7.6%
Bachelor’s degree	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%
High school graduate or higher	80.8%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	13.0%

Agriculture[8]
Number of Farms	910
Land in Farms	435,002
Average Size of Farm	478
Total value of agricultural products sold	157,591,000
Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse	114,634,000
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	42,957,000

Farmland Sales[9]
Number of Sales	31
Average Parcel Size	141
Sum of Parcel Size	4,372
Minimum Parcel Size	64
Maximum Parcel Size	391

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

Land Values[11]
Total acres	452,559
Total estimated value	369,520,800
Estimated value per acre	817

Soils Data[12]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
379,467	90,107	11,087	1,748	1,226	0	401	0	1,820	3,239	489,095
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
295,206	104,089	19,521	8,434	6,687	5,461	5,461	5,059	5,059	0	489,095

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
9,506	3,867	11,822	8,818	11,139	2,213	19,772	29,316	161,352	231,290	489,095
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	489,095

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	282,485,112	1,924,302
Farm Non Homestead	127,449,961	1,529,702
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	274,853	3,299
Residential Homestead	67,363,789	688,874
Residential Non Homestead	7,275,043	90,245
Apartments	2,252,009	36,370
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	225,655	3,724
Commercial	7,817,399	188,962
Industrial	8,973,778	287,820
Utilities	1,176,276	35,751
Railroads	2,167,935	72,193
Other	0	0
Personal	6,301,491	200,459
Total	513,763,300	5,061,701

Natality[14]
Number of Births	71
Fertility Rate	58.8
Birth Rate	9.1
Number of Deaths	143
Death Rate	18.3
Natural Rate of Increase	-9.2

Mortality (all ages)[15]
AIDS/HIV	0
Alzheimer’s Disease	4
Atherosclerosis	0
Cancer	38
Cirrhosis	1
Congenital Anomalies	0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	3
Diabetes	7
Heart Disease	38
Homicide	0
Hypertension	0
Nephritis	0
Perinatal Conditions	0
Pneumonia and Influenza	4
Septicemia	1
SIDS	0
Stroke	9
Suicide	0
Unintentional Injury	7
Other	5

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

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