- State:MinnesotaCounty:Swift CountyZips:56226,56249,56271,56231,56271,56252,56208,56215Coordinates:45.28273094128172, -95.68148055216669Area total:752.10 sq. mi., 1947.93 sq. km, 481344.00 acresArea land:741.98 sq. mi., 1921.73 sq. km, 474869.12 acresArea water:10.12 sq. mi., 26.20 sq. km, 6474.88 acresEstablished:1870Capital seat:
Benson
Address: 301 14Th St N
County Courthouse
Benson, MN 56215-2202
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Swift County, Minnesota, United States
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- Population:9,838; Population change: 0.56% (2010 - 2020)Population density:13 persons per square mileHousehold income:$44,207Households:3,878Unemployment rate:5.80% per 4,881 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.50%Income taxes:7.85%GDP:$535.23 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Swift County's population of Minnesota of 14,735 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,67-fold to 9,838 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 41.37% female residents and 58.63% male residents live in as of 2020, 54.96% in Swift County, Minnesota are married and the remaining 45.04% are single population.
As of 2020, 54.96% in Swift County, Minnesota are married and the remaining 45.04% are single population.
- Housing units:4,693 residential units of which 86.60% share occupied residential units.
18.2 minutes is the average time that residents in Swift 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.
75.53% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 9.13% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.52% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 8.50% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Swift County, Minnesota 63.31% are owner-occupied homes, another 18.87% are rented apartments, and the remaining 17.83% are vacant.
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The 78.69% of the population in Swift 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 = 41.650%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 55.430%) of those eligible to vote in Swift County, Minnesota.
