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Morrison County

Minnesota · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
34,249
Median household income
$69,446
People below poverty
11%
Median home value
$248,500

Income

The median income of households in Morrison County, Minnesota was $69,446. An estimated 4% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 6.4% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 4
$10,000 to $14,999 3.7
$15,000 to $24,999 9
$25,000 to $34,999 7.6
$35,000 to $49,999 12.7
$50,000 to $74,999 17.4
$75,000 to $99,999 12.4
$100,000 to $149,999 18.1
$150,000 to $199,999 8.7
$200,000 or more 6.4

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 62889
Female 47860

An estimated 73.1% of households received earnings. An estimated 39.1% of households received Social Security and an estimated 27.5 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $21,883. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 73.1
Social Security 39.1
Retirement income 27.5
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 3.5
Cash public assistance income 2.9

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 11 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 12% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 12.5% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 9.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 11
Children under 18 years below poverty 12
People 65 years old and over below poverty 12.5
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 9.9

In 2020-2024, 8.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 50.6% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 40.8% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 30.4% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024, 96.1% had health insurance coverage and 3.9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 72.2% and public coverage was 43.1%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 1.7%.


In 2020-2024, Morrison County, Minnesota had a total population of 34,249 - 16,813 (49.1%) females and 17,436 (50.9%) males. The median age was 42.5 years. An estimated 23% of the population was under 18 years, 27.7% was 19 to 44 years, 26.2% was 45 to 64 years, and 21.3 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 924 914
5 to 9 1239 1079
10 to 14 1137 1137
15 to 19 1110 1002
20 to 24 908 793
25 to 29 870 835
30 to 34 958 891
35 to 39 1120 1140
40 to 44 1033 908
45 to 49 982 899
50 to 54 1074 946
55 to 59 1215 1136
60 to 64 1368 1345
65 to 69 1155 996
70 to 74 1040 1068
75 to 79 617 709
80 to 84 395 444
85 and over 291 571

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 94.7% were White; 0.5% were Black or African American; 5.1% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.4% were Asian; 0.3% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 3.1% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 1.9% of the people in Morrison County, Minnesota were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 94.3% of the people in Morrison County, Minnesota were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 14,084 households in Morrison County, Minnesota. The average household size was 2.39 people.

Married-couple households made up 50.5% of the households in Morrison County, Minnesota while cohabiting couple households made up 8.2% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 22.8% of all households, while 18.4% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 13.9% of households were male householders living alone, and 15% were female householders living alone, for a total of 28.9% of all households.

In Morrison County, Minnesota, 27% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 36.4% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 50.5
Cohabiting Couples 8.2
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
18.4
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
22.8

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 54.7% of males and 51.9% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 32 24.6
Now married, except separated 54.7 51.9
Separated 1 0.7
Widowed 2.6 10.8
Divorced 9.7 12

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Morrison County, Minnesota, 256 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 47.7% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 99.1% of the people living in Morrison County, Minnesota were U.S. natives. 86.8% of the Morrison County, Minnesota population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 0.9% of Morrison County, Minnesota residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 65.1% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 81.1 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Morrison County, Minnesota come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Morrison County, Minnesota.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 32.6
Asia 34.9
Europe 28.9
Africa 1.3
Northern America 2.3
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024, 2.2 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1.2% of people at least five years old; 0.5% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 1.2
Other Indo-European languages 0.6
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.3
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 92 % of the people at least one year old living in Morrison County, Minnesota were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 92
Different house, same county 3.3
Different county, same state 4
Different state 0.5
Abroad 0.1

Education

In 2020-2024, 92.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 18.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 7.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Morrison County, Minnesota was 7,154 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 529 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 5,793. College or graduate school enrollment was 832.

Educational Attainment of People in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 7.2
High school diploma or equivalency 37.3
Some college, no degree 21.6
Associate's degree 14.9
Bachelor's degree 13
Graduate or professional degree 5.9

Disability

In Morrison County, Minnesota, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 14.1 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 5.4% of people under 18 years old, to 11.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 30.5% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Morrison County, Minnesota, 59.6 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 37.6% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 76.9% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 14.4% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 8.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 12,499 76.9
Federal, state, or local government workers 2,349 14.4
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 1,392 8.6

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Morrison County, Minnesota worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 5.4
Construction 9.3
Manufacturing 14
Wholesale trade 2.9
Retail trade 10.8
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 6.5
Information 0.6
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 4
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 7.7
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 23.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 5
Other Services, except public administration 5.3
Public administration 5.2

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 5,196 32
Service occupations 2,673 16.4
Sales and office occupations 3,079 18.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 2,142 13.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 3,172 19.5

Commuting to Work

An estimated 79.2% of Morrison County, Minnesota workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 8.3% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 28.6 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 79.2
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 8.3
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.3
Walked 2.3
Other means 1.2
Worked from home 8.7

In 2020-2024, Morrison County, Minnesota had a total of 16,256 housing units. Of these housing units, 85.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 9.2% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 5.5% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 85.1
Apartments in multi-unit structures 9.2
Mobile homes 5.5
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.1

9.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 19.7% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Morrison County, Minnesota was 6.2 rooms, and of these housing units 68.1% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Morrison County, Minnesota had 14,084 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 2,172 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 80.6% while renters occupied 19.4%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.5 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.94.

2.5% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 16% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 4.8% and another 35.8% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Morrison County, Minnesota:

House Heating Fuel Used in Morrison County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 66.6
Electricity 14.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 5.6
All other fuels 12.4
No fuel used 1.3

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Morrison County, Minnesota was $248,500.

Of the owner-occupied households, 56.2 % had a mortgage. 43.8% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,581 and for owners without a mortgage it was $561.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Morrison County, Minnesota was $788. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.