DATA SERVICES CENTER

Big Stone County

2010

Demographic[1]
Total Population	5,269
Median Age	48.5
Male Population	2,575
Female Population	2,694
Ethnicity: White	5,175
Ethnicity: Black or African American	11
Ethnicity: Asian	4
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	41
Total Households	3115

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Annual
Total Employment	1829	1,839	1,882	1,918	1867
Net Job Flows	-38	92	14	-140
Job Creation	38	175	47	81	85
New Hires	69	129	127	102	106
Separations	166	187	172	315	210
Turnover (percent)	5.6%	5.4%	7.0%	7.8%	6.45%
Average Monthly Earnings	$2,612	$2952	$2,983	$3547	$3,023.50
Average New Hire Earnings	$2,038	$2241	$2,230	$1969	$1619.50

Percent Employed[3]	60.1
Percent Unemployed[4]	1.4

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	2045 (80.0%)
Drove alone	1800 (70.4%)
Carpooled	245 (9.6%)
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	81 (3.2%)
Walked	110 (4.3%)
Bicycle	0.5%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	40 (1.6%)
Worked at home	280 (11.0%)
Worked in county of residence	71.1%
Worked outside county of residence	16.7%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	18.5

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing Units	3115 (100.0%)
Occupied Housing Units	2293 (73.6%)
Vacant Housing Units	822 (26.4%)
For Rent	83 (2.7%)
Rented, not occupied	6 (0.2%)
For sale only	58 (1.9%)
Sold, not occupied	32 (1.0%)
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	452 (14.5%)
All other vacants	191 (6.1%)
Homeowner vacancy rate	3.0
Rental vacancy rate	15.5

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	224 (5.8%)
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	234 (234%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1568 (40.5%)
Some college, no degree	813 (21.0%)
Associate’s degree	410 (10.6%)
Bachelor’s degree	451 (11.7%)
Graduate or professional degree	167 (4.3%)
High school graduate or higher	88.2%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	16.0%

Agriculture[8]
Number of Farms	452
Land in Farms (acres)	252,291
Average Size of Farm (acres)	558
Total value of agricultural products sold	86,834
Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse	65,843
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	20,991

Farmland Sales[9]
Number of Sales	17
Average Parcel Size	160
Sum of Parcel Size	2,714
Minimum Parcel Size	30
Maximum Parcel Size	1009

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

Land Values[11]
Total acres	264619
Total estimated value	700,025,900
Estimated value per acre	2,645

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	389872955	2488545
Farm Non Homestead	145305603	1449772
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	52955158	528886
Residential Homestead	109445823	1089324
Residential Non Homestead	16295207	165457
Apartments	1842715	21508
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	1083741	5841
Commercial	13456886	211735
Industrial	1233994	20507
Utilities	2312618	43582
Railroads	3085686	60806
Other	239000	4778
Personal	3639529	62112
Total	740768915	6152854

Natality[14]
Number of Births	72
Fertility Rate	100.4
Birth Rate	13.7
Number of Deaths	83
Death Rate	15.8
Natural Rate of Increase	-2.1

Mortality (all ages)[15]
AIDS/HIV	57
Alzheimer’s Disease	1,358
Atherosclerosis	56
Cancer	9,570
Cirrhosis	402
Congenital Anomalies	163
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	1,957
Diabetes	1,019
Heart Disease	7,225
Homicide	93
Hypertension	472
Nephritis	806
Perinatal Conditions	130
Pneumonia and Influenza	589
Septicemia	327
SIDS	43
Stroke	2,029
Suicide	581
Unintentional Injury	2,034
Other	8,890

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

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