DATA SERVICES CENTER

Swift County

2010

Demographic[1]
Total Population	9783
Median Age	44.4
Male Population	4925
Female Population	4858
Ethnicity: White	9453
Ethnicity: Black or African American	49
Ethnicity: Asian	21
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	350
Total Households	4236

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Annual
Total Employment	2785	2836	2632	3120	2843
Net Job Flows	-64	-53	408	-27
Job Creation	123	155	493	179	237
New Hires	176	203	629	244	313
Separations	289	402	241	479	352
Turnover (percent)	8.0%	7.5%	5.5%	12.6%	8.4%
Average Monthly Earnings	2615	2961	2819	3455	2962.50
Average New Hire Earnings	2036	2428	2030	4181	2668.75

Percent Employed[3]	57.7
Percent Unemployed[4]	1.8

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	3728 (82.83%)
Drove alone	3357 (74.6%)
Carpooled	371 (8.2%)
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	7 (.2%)
Walked	331 (7.4%)
Bicycle	0.4%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	61 (1.4%)
Worked at home	374 (8.3%)
Worked in county of residence	74.8%
Worked outside county of residence	24.6%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	16.3

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing units	4835 (100%)
Occupied Housing Units	4236 (87.6%)
Vacant Housing Units	599 (12.4%)
For Rent	167 (3.5%)
Rented, not occupied	1(0.0%)
For sale only	75 (1.6%)
Sold, not occupied	24 (0.5%)
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	107(2.2%)
All other vacants	225 (4.7%)
Homeowner vacancy rate	2.3
Rental vacancy rate	13.7

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	338 (4.8%)
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	580 (8.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2936 (41.5%)
Some college, no degree	1462 (20.7%)
Associate’s degree	686 (9.7%)
Bachelor’s degree	743 (10.5%)
Graduate or professional degree	329 (4.7%)
High school graduate or higher	92.5%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	25.3%

Agriculture[8]
Number of Farms	888
Land in Farms	388442
Average Size of Farm	437
Total value of agricultural products sold	206088
Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse	113760
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	107827

Farmland Sales[9]
Number of Sales	49
Average Parcel Size	138
Sum of Parcel Size	6753
Minimum Parcel Size	37
Maximum Parcel Size	320

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	419091
Total estimated value	1261119000
Estimated value per acre	3009

Soils Data[12]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
458,299	9,713	2,456	2,938	0	0	1,701	171	0	0	475,277
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
448,498	16,979	7,266	4,810	1,872	1,872	1,872	171	0	0	475,277

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
14,972	0	9,124	10,905	8,495	38,597	50,509	56,454	70,586	215,635	475,277
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	475,277

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	675875627	4436325
Farm Non Homestead	339836446	3379122
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	4098529	40856
Residential Homestead	208727416	2061260
Residential Non Homestead	32801326	328994
Apartments	9522633	103018
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	70324	871
Commercial	73787609	1349510
Industrial	43405659	849252
Utilities	7137301	138166
Railroads	5992905	115810
Other	0	0
Personal	31039120	601211
Total	1432294894	13404393

Natality[14]
Number of Births	95
Fertility Rate	69.7
Birth Rate	8.8
Number of Deaths	105
Death Rate	9.7
Natural Rate of Increase	-0.9

Mortality (all ages)[15]
AIDS/HIV	0
Alzheimer’s Disease	6
Atherosclerosis	0
Cancer	24
Cirrhosis	0
Congenital Anomalies	1
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	7
Diabetes	3
Heart Disease	25
Homicide	0
Hypertension	2
Nephritis	1
Perinatal Conditions	0
Pneumonia and Influenza	3
Septicemia	1
SIDS	0
Stroke	6
Suicide	0
Unintentional Injury	8
Other	18

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

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