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Median Age by County, 2000, and Public 4-Year Universities

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

Median age is typically lower in counties with a public four-year university. Median age is only calculated every ten years, as part of the decennial census.

Ten oldest counties (by median age):

1. Aitkin: 46.5 years
2. Cook: 44.0 years
3. Big Stone: 43.6 years
4. Lac qui Parle: 43.4 years
5. Lincoln: 43.0 years
6. Traverse: 42.9 years
7. Lake: 42.9 years
8. Grant: 42.5 years
9. Murray: 42.4 years
10. Kittson: 42.4 years

Ten youngest counties (by median age):

1. Blue Earth: 29.9 years
2. Sherburne: 31.4 years
3. Beltrami: 31.5 years
4. Stearns: 31.6 years
5. Benton: 31.9 years
6. Clay: 32.3 years
7. Nicollet: 32.6 years
8. Scott: 32.7 years
9. Winona: 32.8 years
10. Rice: 32.9 years

Links to population information:

• State Demographer
• Legislative Reference Library Links to the World: Demographics

Originally published January 2011.