2022 population: 48,013 ( 1,830 from 2010 , 433 from 2020)
Land area: 756.7 square miles
Population density: 63.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	43,744	91.11%	1.7%
Black:	714	1.49%	66.4%
Indian:	522	1.09%	10.1%
Asian:	394	0.82%	36.8%
2+ races:	830	1.73%	37.6%
Hispanic:	1,809	3.77%	34.8%

Total non-White:	4,269	8.89%	35.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,103	11.6
Deaths:	1,309	13.8
Net Migration:	630	6.6
Net Immigration:	22	0.2

Change in White population:	717	1.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,113	2.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
46,183
43,027	93.17%
429	0.93%
474	1.03%
288	0.62%
603	1.31%
1,342	2.91%
3,156	6.83%

2000
44,127
42,405	96.10%
273	0.62%
412	0.93%
262	0.59%
275	0.62%
473	1.07%
1,722	3.90%

1990
40,690
39,981	98.26%
79	0.19%
287	0.71%
159	0.39%
n/a
184	0.45%
709	1.74%

1980
38,749
38,275	98.78%
44	0.11%
210	0.54%
127	0.33%
n/a
83	0.21%
474	1.22%

1970
34,763
34,507	99.26%
48	0.14%
132	0.38%
34	0.10%
n/a
34	0.10%
256	0.74%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
5,239	11.9
3,986	9.0
634	1.4
114	0.3

622	1.4
1,434	3.2

Number	Rate
1990's
5,073	12.5
4,563	11.2
2,089	5.1
109	0.3

2,424	6.0
1,013	2.5

Number	Rate
1980's
5,957	15.4
4,194	10.8
63	0.2
n/a

1,706	4.4
235	0.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,907	5.5
n/a

3,768	10.8
218	0.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Goodhue County, MN

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.0
10,537	21.9%
37,476	78.1%
9,508	19.8%

19,633
2.37

12,374	63.0%
10,030	81.1%
955	7.7%
7,259	37.0%

2010
Number	Percent
41.9
10,950	23.7%
35,233	76.3%
7,594	16.4%

18,730
2.42

12,689	67.7%
10,320	81.3%
998	7.9%
6,041	32.3%

2000
Number	Percent
38.0
11,670	26.4%
32,457	73.6%
6,619	15.0%

16,996
2.53

11,946	70.3%
10,178	85.2%
786	6.6%
5,050	29.7%

1990
Number	Percent
34.2
11,514	28.3%
29,176	71.7%
6,465	15.9%

15,257
2.59

10,986	72.0%
9,748	88.7%
626	5.7%
4,271	28.0%

1980
Number	Percent
31.6
11,528	29.8%
27,221	70.2%
6,104	15.8%

13,686
2.75

10,408	76.0%
9,330	89.6%
410	3.9%
3,278	24.0%

2022 Housing Data for Goodhue County, MN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	828	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	784	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	802	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	549	2.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	626	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	545	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	689	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	594	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	665	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,453	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,892	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,725	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	2,645	13.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,446	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,867	9.5%
$200,000 or more	1,523	7.8%

Median Household Income	78,338
Per Capita Income	40,087

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	85
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	794	4.0%
Public Assistance	463	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,241	6.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	21,490	77.1%
Unemployed	887	3.2%
In Armed Forces	4	0.0%

Total Labor Force	22,381	80.3%
Not in Labor Force	5,475	19.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	8,770	6,770	56.4%
Non-Profit	827	2,015	29.1%
Self-Employed	1,812	564	76.3%

Local Government	828	1,559	34.7%
State Government	291	241	54.7%
Federal Government	121	92	56.8%

Total Private + Self	10,582	7,334	59.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,067	3,907	34.6%
Total	12,649	11,241	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	13.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	3,147	13.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	4,050	16.9%
Professional, Technical	5,799	24.2%
Service Occupations	3,917	16.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	446	1.9%
All others	7,068	29.5%

White Collar		54.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	4,338	18.1%
Manufacturing	3,866	16.1%
Educational services	2,188	9.1%
Retail trade	2,152	9.0%
Construction	1,718	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	1,300	5.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,151	4.8%
Other services	1,115	4.6%
Public administration	941	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	906	3.8%
Finance and insurance	863	3.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	750	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	699	2.9%
Wholesale trade	549	2.3%
Utilities	495	2.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	495	2.1%
Information	242	1.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	185	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	19	0.1%
Management	9	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,080	2.26%
Puerto Rican	1	0.00%
Cuban	97	0.20%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	392	0.82%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	271	0.57%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	121	0.25%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	39	0.08%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	3	0.01%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	34	0.07%
Ecuadorian	1	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	1	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	119	0.25%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Korean	137	0.29%
Hmong	130	0.27%
Cambodian	41	0.09%
Japanese	32	0.07%
Vietnamese	18	0.04%
Indian	15	0.03%
Laotian	9	0.02%
Chinese	9	0.02%
Filipino	6	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	43,495	96.5%
Spanish	1,008	2.2%
Other	162	0.4%
German, other Germanic	134	0.3%
Other Asian	117	0.3%
Korean	44	0.1%
Other Indo-European	33	0.1%
Tagalog	21	0.0%
Vietnamese	15	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	16,838	35.3%
Norwegian	9,562	20.0%
Irish	5,202	10.9%
Swedish	3,621	7.6%
English	2,932	6.1%
American	1,425	3.0%
Polish	1,004	2.1%
Italian	778	1.6%
French	775	1.6%
Scandinavian	699	1.5%
Danish	607	1.3%
Czech	584	1.2%
Finnish	464	1.0%
Scottish	438	0.9%
European	430	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	47,024	98.6%
Not a citizen	673	1.4%

Native	46,632	97.8%
Foreign-born	1,065	2.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
512	1.5%	1,350	4.0%	11,299	33.5%	11,186	33.2%	6,173	18.3%	3,197	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	512	1.5%
9-12 Years	1,350	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	11,299	33.5%
Some College	11,186	33.2%
Bach. Degree	6,173	18.3%
Grad Degree	3,197	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	20,860	20,125	735	3.5%	4.7%
1991	21,936	21,058	878	4.0%	5.1%
1992	22,998	22,115	883	3.8%	5.0%
1993	23,509	22,502	1,007	4.3%	4.8%
1994	23,508	22,545	963	4.1%	4.0%
1995	23,756	22,872	884	3.7%	3.7%
1996	23,810	22,824	986	4.1%	3.8%
1997	23,702	22,957	745	3.1%	3.2%
1998	23,842	23,220	622	2.6%	2.7%
1999	23,377	22,711	666	2.8%	2.7%

2000	25,043	24,295	748	3.0%	3.0%
2001	25,779	24,909	870	3.4%	3.8%
2002	25,785	24,641	1,144	4.4%	4.5%
2003	25,786	24,576	1,210	4.7%	4.8%
2004	25,525	24,311	1,214	4.8%	4.6%
2005	24,732	23,625	1,107	4.5%	4.1%
2006	24,821	23,750	1,071	4.3%	4.1%
2007	24,939	23,699	1,240	5.0%	4.6%
2008	25,044	23,627	1,417	5.7%	5.4%
2009	25,636	23,645	1,991	7.8%	7.9%

2010	26,751	24,866	1,885	7.0%	7.4%
2011	26,988	25,365	1,623	6.0%	6.5%
2012	26,740	25,351	1,389	5.2%	5.6%
2013	26,849	25,571	1,278	4.8%	5.0%
2014	26,788	25,707	1,081	4.0%	4.3%
2015	26,942	25,974	968	3.6%	3.8%
2016	26,830	25,833	997	3.7%	3.9%
2017	26,795	25,933	862	3.2%	3.4%
2018	26,674	25,914	760	2.8%	3.0%
2019	26,977	26,170	807	3.0%	3.2%

2020	26,659	25,099	1,560	5.9%	6.2%
2021	26,463	25,532	931	3.5%	3.8%
2022	26,680	25,993	687	2.6%	2.7%
2023	27,017	26,303	714	2.6%	2.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	20,905
Median Value	$254,500

Occupied	19,633	93.9%
Vacant	1,272	6.1%

Owned	15,221	77.5%
Rented	4,412	22.5%
Median Rent	$895

Single-Family Units	15,706	75.1%
Detached	14,727	70.4%
Attached	979	4.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	2,668	12.8%
Mobile Homes	1,130	5.4%

Goodhue County, MN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Goodhue County, MN

2022 Housing Data for Goodhue County, MN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Goodhue County, MN

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Goodhue County, MN

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Goodhue County, MN

Historical Labor Force Data for Goodhue County, MN