- State:MinnesotaCounty:Dakota CountyZips:55010,55085,55118,55150,55065,55031,55123,55120,55124,55118,55122,55121,55118,55123,55077,55120,55024,55076,55068,55118,55075,55306,55122,55121,55124,55033,55044,55337Coordinates:44.67189461811572, -93.06544061973422Area total:586.81 sq. mi., 1519.83 sq. km, 375557.12 acresArea land:562.54 sq. mi., 1456.98 sq. km, 360028.16 acresArea water:24.26 sq. mi., 62.84 sq. km, 15528.96 acresEstablished:1849Capital seat:
Hastings
Address: 1590 Highway 55
County Courthouse
Hastings, MN 55033-2372
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 7 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Dakota County, Minnesota, United States
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- Population:439,882; Population change: 10.37% (2010 - 2020)Population density:782 persons per square mileHousehold income:$73,535Households:149,311Unemployment rate:6.20% per 242,394 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.50%Income taxes:7.85%GDP:$25.82 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Dakota County's population of Minnesota of 34,592 residents in 1930 has increased 12,72-fold to 439,882 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.35% female residents and 49.65% male residents live in as of 2020, 62.61% in Dakota County, Minnesota are married and the remaining 37.39% are single population.
As of 2020, 62.61% in Dakota County, Minnesota are married and the remaining 37.39% are single population.
- Housing units:173,469 residential units of which 96.85% share occupied residential units.
25.2 minutes is the average time that residents in Dakota County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
83.73% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 9.08% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 2.24% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.57% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Dakota County, Minnesota 76.11% are owner-occupied homes, another 19.95% are rented apartments, and the remaining 3.94% are vacant.
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The 50.90% of the population in Dakota County, Minnesota who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 46.290%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 51.790%) of those eligible to vote in Dakota County, Minnesota.
