People QuickFacts

Cass County

Minnesota

Population, 2000

27,150

4,919,479

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

24.6%

12.4%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

5.1%

6.7%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

25.0%

26.2%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

18.0%

12.1%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

86.5%

89.4%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.1%

3.5%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

11.5%

1.1%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.3%

2.9%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

Z

Z

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

0.1%

1.3%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

1.5%

1.7%

Female persons, percent, 2000

49.5%

50.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

0.8%

2.9%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

86.1%

88.2%

High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990

10,627

2,281,797

College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990

1,668

604,584

Housing units, 2000

21,286

2,065,946

Homeownership rate, 2000

85.9%

74.6%

Households, 2000

10,893

1,895,127

Persons per household, 2000

2.45

2.52

Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000

30.2%

34.8%

Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate

$27,704

$41,591

Persons below poverty, percent, 1997
model-based estimate

15.3%

8.9%

Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate

24.5%

13.1%

Business QuickFacts

Cass County

Minnesota

Private nonfarm establishments, 1999

766

137,305

Private nonfarm employment, 1999

5,271

2,338,642

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999

60.5%

27.6%

Nonemployer establishments, 1998

2,056

307,038

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

NA

76,244,894

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

164,785

48,097,982

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$6,368

$10,260

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

F

3.7%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

12.2%

26.4%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000

392

32,814

Federal funds and grants, 2000 ($1000)

159,198

22,991,831

Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997

1,184

188,845

Geography QuickFacts

Cass County

Minnesota

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

2,018

79,610

Persons per square mile, 2000

13.5

61.8

Metropolitan Area

None