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Census: Minn. Child Poverty Rate Hits 15 Percent

The Census Bureau is reporting that 15 percent of Minnesota’s children, or about 190,000 of them, were living in poverty last year.

2011/11/17

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Census Raises Estimate Of Somalis In Minn.

Minnesota’s Somali population is still the largest in the United States, according to new census data released early Thursday that raised the number of people of Somali ancestry in the state to more than 32,000.

2011/10/26

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Census: Poverty Ticks Up In Minnesota

The poverty rate inched up in Minnesota last year while incomes fell, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

2011/09/22

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Census Shows Leap In Same-Sex Households In Minn.

The number of households with same-sex couples rose by 50 percent over the past decade to nearly 14,000, according to new figures from the 2010 Census, even as the state heads toward a constitutional vote on same-sex marriage in next year’s election.

2011/07/14

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Home Ownership Rate For Black Minnesotans Drops

New census figures show the home ownership rate for black Minnesotans has dropped.

2011/07/14

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Census Finds Age Gap With Minn. Whites, Minorities

In just a few lines on a spreadsheet, the latest census figures show how Minnesota could become more diverse in the coming decades.

2011/07/14

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Census: Minnesota Hmong Population Up 46 Percent

The Hmong population in Minnesota kept growing and expanding outside the Twin Cities during the 2000s, according to new census figures, which demographers say could be a preview for how newer immigrant groups will continue to change the face of the state.

2011/07/14

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Twin Cities Married Couples Now In The Minority

New data from the 2010 Census shows that married couples no longer make up the majority of households in the Twin Cities area.

2011/05/12

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Small Surge Of Tots Could Change Minnesota Schools

New figures from the 2010 census show a small surge of young children in Minnesota, and look no further than the town of Waconia near Minneapolis for evidence of how that could change school districts throughout the state in the next few years.

2011/05/12

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Census Finds Minnesota Is Graying

New census figures show that despite growing, youthful communities of immigrants, the state is getting older overall.

2011/05/12

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Census: Traditional Families Decline In Minnesota

The traditional household of a husband, wife and their children has grown relatively less common in Minnesota.

2011/05/12

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Redistricting Lines Could Be Done This Week

The lines are being drawn, and a new map for those districts could be released sometime this week.

2011/05/03

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Hispanic Population Changes Minn. Community

Duck into a Melrose restaurant for lunch these days, and the menu is more likely to include flautas de pollo than sauerkraut and kielbasa.

2011/04/25

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Census Finds Rochester Grows 24 Percent Since 2000

The third largest city in Minnesota is now Rochester, which has grown 24 percent since 2000 to nearly 106,700, surpassing Duluth, according to the latest numbers of the 2010 Census.

2011/03/17

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Census: Hispanic Pop. Up 74 Percent In Minnesota

Minnesota’s state demographer says new census figures show the state’s Hispanic population jumping 74.5 percent in the past decade, mirroring a national trend.

2011/03/16

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