Rice County, Minnesota (MN)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,632
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 14,722
Renter-occupied apartments: 5,418 (it was 4,166 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 22% |
State: | 27% |
Land area: 498 sq. mi.
Water area: 18.6 sq. mi.
Population density: 136 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (29.5%), Manufacturing (15.2%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 82%
- Government: 12%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 53,54079.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 6,2399.2%Hispanic or Latino
- 4,7177.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1,6282.4%Two or more races
- 1,1781.7%Asian alone
- 1760.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 1220.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 930.1%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 37.3 years |
Minnesota median age: | 39.0 years |
Males: 34,696 | (51.3%) |
Females: 32,997 | (48.7%) |
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Rice County: | 2.0 people |
Minnesota: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $76,319 ($48,651 in 1999)
This county: | $76,319 |
Minnesota: | $82,338 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $805 (lower quartile is $603, upper quartile is $1,097)
This county: | $805 |
State: | $1087 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $312,800 (it was $124,200 in 2000)
Rice: | $312,800 |
Minnesota: | $314,600 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,801Detached houses: $362,452
Here: $362,452 State: $374,552 Townhouses or other attached units: $265,618
Here: $265,618 State: $312,049 In 2-unit structures: $327,765
Here: $327,765 State: $323,045 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $453,982
Here: $453,982 State: $238,971 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $251,372
Here: $251,372 State: $258,516 Mobile homes: $53,656
Here: $53,656 State: $94,605
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $622
Institutionalized population: 2,477
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 6
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 16
- Burglaries: 20
- Thefts: 92
- Auto thefts: 12
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 4
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 19
- Burglaries: 34
- Thefts: 88
- Auto thefts: 15
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 115 buildings, average cost: $325,600
- 2021: 152 buildings, average cost: $317,300
- 2020: 102 buildings, average cost: $311,700
- 2019: 128 buildings, average cost: $267,100
- 2018: 179 buildings, average cost: $245,100
- 2017: 166 buildings, average cost: $232,400
- 2016: 147 buildings, average cost: $219,100
- 2015: 127 buildings, average cost: $224,200
- 2014: 105 buildings, average cost: $220,100
- 2013: 71 buildings, average cost: $235,300
- 2012: 57 buildings, average cost: $205,100
- 2011: 54 buildings, average cost: $199,700
- 2010: 61 buildings, average cost: $185,700
- 2009: 89 buildings, average cost: $172,200
- 2008: 77 buildings, average cost: $191,300
- 2007: 196 buildings, average cost: $210,000
- 2006: 412 buildings, average cost: $183,700
- 2005: 504 buildings, average cost: $198,500
- 2004: 579 buildings, average cost: $180,000
- 2003: 513 buildings, average cost: $174,400
- 2002: 593 buildings, average cost: $146,000
- 2001: 418 buildings, average cost: $141,000
- 2000: 363 buildings, average cost: $139,600
- 1999: 297 buildings, average cost: $136,300
- 1998: 302 buildings, average cost: $139,500
- 1997: 272 buildings, average cost: $125,600
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,887 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,567 (0.9%)
Rice County: | 12.2% |
Minnesota: | 9.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 37.3 years old
(Males: 37.0 years old, Females: 37.8 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 42.0 years old, Black residents: 27.9 years old, American Indian residents: 30.6 years old, Asian residents: 19.8 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 29.1 years old, Other race residents: 30.1 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rice County is $511 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $672 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $803 a month.
Cities in this county include: Faribault, Northfield, Lonsdale, Morristown, Warsaw, Dundas, Nerstrand.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Lake: Lake Hendricks (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Neighboring counties: Beadle County, South Dakota , Hancock County, Maine , Carver County , Essex County, New York , Cottonwood County , Dodge County , Scott County .
Here: | 2.5% |
Minnesota: | 2.6% |
Current college students: 6,359
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 31.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 6,159 (36.2% naturalized citizens)
Rice County: | 9.1% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 3,2402010 or later
- 1,1242000 to 2009
- 8641990 to 1999
- 7861980 to 1989
- 2931970 to 1979
- 149Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 18,102
- One, attached: 1,685
- Two: 159
- 3 or 4: 891
- 5 to 9: 968
- 10 to 19: 653
- 20 to 49: 1,112
- 50 or more: 1,037
- Mobile homes: 718
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Housing units in Rice County with a mortgage: 11,236 (1,132 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 754 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 283
Here: | 3.7% with mortgage |
State: | 97.6% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Rice County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Mainline Protestant | 12,510 | 24 |
Catholic | 12,337 | 6 |
Evangelical Protestant | 6,461 | 31 |
Other | 840 | 8 |
None | 31,994 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Rice County: | 1.13 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.83 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.16 / 10,000 pop. |
Minnesota: | 0.49 / 10,000 pop. |
Rice County: | 4.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Minnesota: | 3.90 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 4.86 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 6.98 / 10,000 pop. |
Rice County: | 6.2% |
Minnesota: | 6.5% |
Rice County: | 25.8% |
State: | 25.9% |
Here: | 15.1% |
State: | 13.0% |
Agriculture in Rice County:
Average size of farms: 192 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $76,640
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $253.39
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 3.51%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 54.35%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $71,050
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 71.92%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.39%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $65,828
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.36%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 10.35
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 31.38%
Corn for grain: 79968 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 502 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 74733 harvested acres
Vegetables: 1,684 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 124 acres
Tornado activity:
Rice County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Minnesota state average. It is 51115573.7 times below overall U.S. average.Earthquake activity:
Rice County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Minnesota state average. It is 70% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 162.9 miles away from Rice County center
On 6/5/1993 at 01:24:53, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 173.4 miles away from the county center
On 3/4/1983 at 06:32:18, a magnitude 4.6 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 4.4 ML) earthquake occurred 303.4 miles away from the county center
On 11/3/2002 at 20:41:56, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 301.7 miles away from the county center
On 10/20/1995 at 15:57:18, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 201.3 miles away from Rice County center
On 2/9/1994 at 08:45:35, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 95.7 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Minnesota Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4531, Natural disaster type: Other
- Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 21, 2016 to September 24, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4290: November 02, 2016, FEMA Id: 4290, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Minnesota Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: June 11, 2014 to July 12, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4182: July 21, 2014, FEMA Id: 4182, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
- Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 14, 2012 to June 21, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4069: July 06, 2012, FEMA Id: 4069, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 22, 2010 to October 14, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1941: October 13, 2010, FEMA Id: 1941, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Minnesota Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3242: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3242, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Minnesota Flooding, Incident Period: March 23, 2001 to July 03, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1370: May 16, 2001, FEMA Id: 1370, Natural disaster type: Flood
- Minnesota Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds And Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 15, 1998 to June 28, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1225: June 23, 1998, FEMA Id: 1225, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
- Minnesota Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms, Incident Period: March 29, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1212: April 01, 1998, FEMA Id: 1212, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
- Minnesota Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 06, 1993 to August 25, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-993: June 11, 1993, FEMA Id: 993, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Rice County (12) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10
Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 7, Storms: 7, Tornadoes: 3, Winds: 2, Hurricane: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Landslide: 1, Mudslide: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 19,947 (66.4%)
- Carpooled: 2,416 (8.0%)
- Bus: 47 (0.2%)
- Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 9 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 656 (2.2%)
- Bicycle: 135 (0.4%)
- Walked: 1,679 (5.6%)
- Worked at home: 5,521 (18.4%)
- Health care and social assistance (24%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Retail trade (10%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (25%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Retail trade (10%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Production occupations (15%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (12%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Transportation occupations (7%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (5%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (15%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (15%)
- Management occupations (11%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (9%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Personal care and service occupations (5%)
- Mexico (31%)
- Somalia (24%)
- Ethiopia (8%)
- Kenya (4%)
- Vietnam (3%)
- Korea (3%)
- Eritrea (3%)
- German (22%)
- Norwegian (10%)
- Somali (8%)
- American (6%)
- English (4%)
- Irish (4%)
- Czech (4%)
People in group quarters in Rice County, Minnesota in 2010:
- 4,486 people in college/university student housing
- 2,058 people in state prisons
- 387 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 259 people in group homes intended for adults
- 27 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 26 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 18 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 9 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 6 people in in-patient hospice facilities
- 2 people in other noninstitutional facilities
People in group quarters in Rice County, Minnesota in 2000:
- 4,219 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,097 people in state prisons
- 652 people in nursing homes
- 189 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 150 people in institutions for the deaf
- 149 people in other group homes
- 61 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 58 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 52 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 49 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
7.44% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($59,623 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.44% |
Minnesota average: | 7.43% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.75% relocated from other counties in Minnesota ($44,873 average AGI)
1.69% relocated from other states ($14,750 average AGI)
Rice County: 1.69% Minnesota average: 2.06%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Dakota County, MN | 1.70% ($72,037 average AGI) |
from Hennepin County, MN | 0.88% ($67,357) |
from Scott County, MN | 0.46% ($59,621) |
from Steele County, MN | 0.37% ($57,853) |
from Ramsey County, MN | 0.31% ($45,462) |
from Le Sueur County, MN | 0.26% ($51,508) |
from Goodhue County, MN | 0.23% ($60,310) |
7.01% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($58,652 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.01% |
Minnesota average: | 7.79% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.24% relocated to other counties in Minnesota ($39,951 average AGI)
1.77% relocated to other states ($18,701 average AGI)
Rice County: 1.77% Minnesota average: 2.44%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Dakota County, MN | 1.04% ($59,030 average AGI) |
to Hennepin County, MN | 0.72% ($43,082) |
to Steele County, MN | 0.58% ($44,770) |
to Scott County, MN | 0.44% ($73,786) |
to Le Sueur County, MN | 0.34% ($70,151) |
to Goodhue County, MN | 0.32% ($47,598) |
to Ramsey County, MN | 0.29% ($42,384) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.3
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.6%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 8,071 (7,130 aged, 941 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 737 (5%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Rice County, Minnesota in 1999 - 2019:
- Unspecified dementia (641)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (556)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (551)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (369)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (301)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (282)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (262)
- Congestive heart failure (214)
- Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality (181)
- Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (70)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 3,759
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 89
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 23,665
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,311
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 727
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 16
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 44
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 64
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 8
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 106.3. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 65.2
- Other - 41.1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 67,693- Male householders: 11,625 (3,307 living alone), Female householders: 11,991 (3,680 living alone)
12,444 spouses (12,048 opposite-sex spouses), 2,043 unmarried partners, (1,819 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18,072 children (17,003 natural, 243 adopted, 826 stepchildren), 984 grandchildren, 255 brothers or sisters, 443 parents, 0 foster children, 759 other relatives, 1,625 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 7,452
Size of family households: 6,796 2-persons, 3,700 3-persons, 2,907 4-persons, 1,416 5-persons, 548 6-persons, 237 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 6,987 1-person, 819 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 45 5-persons, 46 7-or-more-persons.
9,711 married couples with children.
3,526 single-parent households (532 men, 2,994 women).
86.6% of residents of Rice speak English at home.
6.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other language at home (42% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $238,083,000 ($3,941 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $13,963,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $103,549,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $40,161,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,523,000
Federal grants: $67,240,000
Federal procurement contracts: $7,899,000 ($5,848,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,711,000 ($2,152,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,886,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $30,616,000
Federal Government insurance: $47,366,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,630Here: | 60 per 1000 residents |
State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,329
Here: | 38 per 1000 residents |
State: | 38 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +917
Here: | +15 per 1000 residents |
State: | +14 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +2,134
Here: | +35 per 1000 residents |
State: | -3 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.32 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 7.4 |
State: | 7.1 |
Here: | 4.0 |
State: | 3.8 |
- Year house built in Rice County, Minnesota
- 4432020 or later
- 2,2562010 to 2019
- 4,8782000 to 2009
- 2,5191990 to 1999
- 2,0851980 to 1989
- 3,4971970 to 1979
- 1,5151960 to 1969
- 2,1471950 to 1959
- 1,3791940 to 1949
- 4,6191939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rice County, Minnesota
- 581 room
- 442 rooms
- 6363 rooms
- 1,0864 rooms
- 1,9815 rooms
- 2,3386 rooms
- 2,7877 rooms
- 2,3858 rooms
- 5,9629+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rice County, Minnesota
- 571 room
- 4342 rooms
- 1,9733 rooms
- 1,3674 rooms
- 1,0925 rooms
- 4006 rooms
- 3307 rooms
- 4928 rooms
- 1949+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rice County, Minnesota
- 58no bedroom
- 1441 bedroom
- 3,3992 bedrooms
- 6,8443 bedrooms
- 5,0284 bedrooms
- 1,8045+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rice County, Minnesota
- 57no bedroom
- 2,2861 bedroom
- 2,7732 bedrooms
- 6203 bedrooms
- 5944 bedrooms
- 95+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Rice County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 215no vehicle
- 3,3731 vehicle
- 8,0772 vehicles
- 3,5793 vehicles
- 1,2054 vehicles
- 8285+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Rice County in renter-occupied apartments
- 2,326no vehicle
- 1,9571 vehicle
- 1,7062 vehicles
- 2853 vehicles
- 564 vehicles
- 95+ vehicles
85.0% of Rice County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Minnesota.
Rice County: | 85.0% |
State average: | 87.4% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 46,562
- Other state: 14,504
- Northeast: 1,923
- Midwest: 8,072
- South: 1,896
- West: 2,613
- 69.5%Utility gas
- 16.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 10.4%Electricity
- 2.5%Wood
- 0.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.3%Other fuel
- 44.6%Electricity
- 43.5%Utility gas
- 6.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.8%No fuel used
- 2.3%Other fuel
- 0.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 12.6% |
Minnesota: | 12.9% |
Here: | 11.9% |
Minnesota: | 8.6% |
Here: | 58.7% |
Minnesota: | 26.2% |
Rice County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $477,000
- Charges - Other: $4,641,000
Sewerage: $3,858,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,870,000
Hospital Public: $2,699,000
Regular Highways: $98,000
Parks and Recreation: $8,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,155,000
General Public Buildings: $196,000
- Current Operations - Public Welfare - Other: $11,944,000
General - Other: $8,437,000
Sewerage: $5,769,000
Police Protection: $5,596,000
Regular Highways: $4,579,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,297,000
Health - Other: $3,891,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,551,000
Corrections - Other: $2,130,000
Housing and Community Development: $2,054,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $1,666,000
Financial Administration: $1,251,000
General Public Buildings: $1,098,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,045,000
Libraries: $427,000
Central Staff Services: $370,000
Parks and Recreation: $186,000
Solid Waste Management: $71,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $3,732,000
Other: $2,931,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,783,000
Health and Hospitals: $693,000
Highways: $108,000
Education: $2,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $929,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $16,000
Other: $16,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,430,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $29,424,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $25,000,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $24,780,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,373,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $366,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $220,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $990,000
Interest Earnings: $863,000
General Revenue - Other: $738,000
Sale of Property: $90,000
Fines and Forfeits: $84,000
Donations From Private Sources: $12,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $599,000
Sewerage: $434,000
General - Other: $247,000
Police Protection: $155,000
Solid Waste Management: $145,000
Parks and Recreation: $136,000
Central Staff Services: $40,000
Financial Administration: $11,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,833,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $24,797,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $6,104,000
Public Welfare: $5,467,000
General Local Government Support: $3,737,000
Other: $2,238,000
Health and Hospitals: $580,000
Housing and Community Development: $47,000
- Tax - Property: $24,227,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $3,363,000
Motor Vehicle License: $593,000
Other: $107,000
Other License: $46,000
Severance: $41,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $23,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $1,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $21,755,000
Rice County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $477,000
- Charges - Other: $4,641,000
Sewerage: $3,858,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,870,000
Hospital Public: $2,699,000
Regular Highways: $98,000
Parks and Recreation: $8,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,155,000
General Public Buildings: $196,000
- Current Operations - Public Welfare - Other: $11,944,000
General - Other: $8,437,000
Sewerage: $5,769,000
Police Protection: $5,596,000
Regular Highways: $4,579,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,297,000
Health - Other: $3,891,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,551,000
Corrections - Other: $2,130,000
Housing and Community Development: $2,054,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $1,666,000
Financial Administration: $1,251,000
General Public Buildings: $1,098,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,045,000
Libraries: $427,000
Central Staff Services: $370,000
Parks and Recreation: $186,000
Solid Waste Management: $71,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $3,732,000
Other: $2,931,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,783,000
Health and Hospitals: $693,000
Highways: $108,000
Education: $2,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $929,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $16,000
Other: $16,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,430,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $29,424,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $25,000,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $24,780,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,373,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $366,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $220,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $990,000
Interest Earnings: $863,000
General Revenue - Other: $738,000
Sale of Property: $90,000
Fines and Forfeits: $84,000
Donations From Private Sources: $12,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $599,000
Sewerage: $434,000
General - Other: $247,000
Police Protection: $155,000
Solid Waste Management: $145,000
Parks and Recreation: $136,000
Central Staff Services: $40,000
Financial Administration: $11,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,833,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $24,797,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $6,104,000
Public Welfare: $5,467,000
General Local Government Support: $3,737,000
Other: $2,238,000
Health and Hospitals: $580,000
Housing and Community Development: $47,000
- Tax - Property: $24,227,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $3,363,000
Motor Vehicle License: $593,000
Other: $107,000
Other License: $46,000
Severance: $41,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $23,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $1,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $21,755,000
Rice County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $477,000
- Charges - Other: $4,641,000
Sewerage: $3,858,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,870,000
Hospital Public: $2,699,000
Regular Highways: $98,000
Parks and Recreation: $8,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,155,000
General Public Buildings: $196,000
- Current Operations - Public Welfare - Other: $11,944,000
General - Other: $8,437,000
Sewerage: $5,769,000
Police Protection: $5,596,000
Regular Highways: $4,579,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,297,000
Health - Other: $3,891,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,551,000
Corrections - Other: $2,130,000
Housing and Community Development: $2,054,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $1,666,000
Financial Administration: $1,251,000
General Public Buildings: $1,098,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,045,000
Libraries: $427,000
Central Staff Services: $370,000
Parks and Recreation: $186,000
Solid Waste Management: $71,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $3,732,000
Other: $2,931,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,783,000
Health and Hospitals: $693,000
Highways: $108,000
Education: $2,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $929,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $16,000
Other: $16,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,430,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $29,424,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $25,000,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $24,780,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,373,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $366,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $220,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $990,000
Interest Earnings: $863,000
General Revenue - Other: $738,000
Sale of Property: $90,000
Fines and Forfeits: $84,000
Donations From Private Sources: $12,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $599,000
Sewerage: $434,000
General - Other: $247,000
Police Protection: $155,000
Solid Waste Management: $145,000
Parks and Recreation: $136,000
Central Staff Services: $40,000
Financial Administration: $11,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,833,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $24,797,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $6,104,000
Public Welfare: $5,467,000
General Local Government Support: $3,737,000
Other: $2,238,000
Health and Hospitals: $580,000
Housing and Community Development: $47,000
- Tax - Property: $24,227,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $3,363,000
Motor Vehicle License: $593,000
Other: $107,000
Other License: $46,000
Severance: $41,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $23,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $1,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $21,755,000
Rice County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $477,000
- Charges - Other: $4,641,000
Sewerage: $3,858,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,870,000
Hospital Public: $2,699,000
Regular Highways: $98,000
Parks and Recreation: $8,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,155,000
General Public Buildings: $196,000
- Current Operations - Public Welfare - Other: $11,944,000
General - Other: $8,437,000
Sewerage: $5,769,000
Police Protection: $5,596,000
Regular Highways: $4,579,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,297,000
Health - Other: $3,891,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,551,000
Corrections - Other: $2,130,000
Housing and Community Development: $2,054,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $1,666,000
Financial Administration: $1,251,000
General Public Buildings: $1,098,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,045,000
Libraries: $427,000
Central Staff Services: $370,000
Parks and Recreation: $186,000
Solid Waste Management: $71,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $3,732,000
Other: $2,931,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,783,000
Health and Hospitals: $693,000
Highways: $108,000
Education: $2,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $929,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $16,000
Other: $16,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,430,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $29,424,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $25,000,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $24,780,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,373,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $366,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $220,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $990,000
Interest Earnings: $863,000
General Revenue - Other: $738,000
Sale of Property: $90,000
Fines and Forfeits: $84,000
Donations From Private Sources: $12,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $599,000
Sewerage: $434,000
General - Other: $247,000
Police Protection: $155,000
Solid Waste Management: $145,000
Parks and Recreation: $136,000
Central Staff Services: $40,000
Financial Administration: $11,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,833,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $24,797,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $6,104,000
Public Welfare: $5,467,000
General Local Government Support: $3,737,000
Other: $2,238,000
Health and Hospitals: $580,000
Housing and Community Development: $47,000
- Tax - Property: $24,227,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $3,363,000
Motor Vehicle License: $593,000
Other: $107,000
Other License: $46,000
Severance: $41,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $23,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $1,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $21,755,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 557
- Number of aged recipients: 64
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 493
- Number of recipients under 18: 102
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 342
- Number of recipients older than 64: 113
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 227
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 221
Most common first names in Rice County, MN among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Mary | 294 | 82.5 years |
John | 286 | 78.1 years |
William | 234 | 75.5 years |
Robert | 194 | 73.6 years |
George | 187 | 80.0 years |
Joseph | 159 | 78.8 years |
Anna | 157 | 85.9 years |
Helen | 146 | 81.4 years |
James | 142 | 73.3 years |
Frank | 139 | 80.0 years |
Most common last names in Rice County, MN among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Johnson | 203 | 78.6 years |
Nelson | 106 | 79.8 years |
Anderson | 100 | 80.1 years |
Hanson | 64 | 79.3 years |
Olson | 63 | 79.3 years |
Smith | 58 | 77.5 years |
Peterson | 57 | 82.1 years |
Malecha | 56 | 77.9 years |
Thompson | 55 | 77.3 years |
Miller | 50 | 77.6 years |
Businesses in Rice County, MN | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ALDI | 1 | La-Z-Boy | 1 | |
AT&T | 1 | Lane Furniture | 2 | |
Ace Hardware | 2 | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 3 | |
AmericInn | 2 | Maurices | 1 | |
Applebee's | 1 | McDonald's | 2 | |
Arby's | 2 | Menards | 1 | |
AutoZone | 1 | New Balance | 1 | |
Burger King | 1 | Nike | 2 | |
Caribou Coffee | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 2 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
Curves | 2 | RadioShack | 2 | |
DHL | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 3 | Subway | 4 | |
Days Inn | 1 | T-Mobile | 4 | |
Domino's Pizza | 2 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
Fashion Bug | 1 | Target | 1 | |
FedEx | 4 | True Value | 1 | |
Ford | 2 | U-Haul | 2 | |
GNC | 1 | UPS | 9 | |
H&R Block | 2 | Vans | 2 | |
Hardee's | 1 | Walgreens | 2 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
KFC | 2 | YMCA | 1 | |
Kmart | 1 |
Rice County on our top lists:
- #93 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"