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Median Family Income for Metropolitan Areas, 2010

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Median Family Incomes, 2010
- Duluth-Superior: $60,000
-
Fargo-Moorhead: $68,100
- Grand Forks: $63,800
- La Crosse: $63,500
- Mankato-North Mankato: $67,700
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Minneapolis-St. Paul: $84,000
- Nonmetro:
$57,000
- Rochester: $77,600
- St. Cloud: $66,800
"Family income" is defined as the total income from all sources of a family of four
as reported in the 2000 U.S. Census and adjusted to the 2010 levels using Bureau
of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau data. For more on median
family income, go to
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development website.
Counties in Metropolitan Areas
- Duluth-Superior: St. Louis County in Minnesota; Douglas County in
Wisconsin
- Fargo-Moorhead: Clay County in Minnesota; Cass County in North Dakota
-
Grand Forks: Polk County in Minnesota; Grand Forks County in North
Dakota
- La Crosse: Houston County in Minnesota; La Crosse County in
Wisconsin
- Mankato-North Mankato: Blue Earth and Nicollet
Counties
- Minneapolis-St. Paul: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott,
Sherburne, Washington, and Wright Counties in Minnesota; St. Croix County in
Wisconsin
- Rochester: Olmsted County
- St. Cloud: Benton and Stearns
Counties
(Metropolitan areas as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau)
Counties in Nonmetropolitan Areas
- Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa,
Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dodge, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn,
Goodhue, Grant, Hubbard, Itasca, Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac Qui
Parle, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mcleod, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin,
Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Otter Tail,
Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Pope, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, Sibley,
Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona,
Yellow Medicine
Originally published January 2011.