2024 population: 281,815 ( 1,104 from 2020)
Land area: 8413.0 square miles
Population density: 33.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	253,473	89.94%	0.3%
Black:	4,376	1.55%	1.6%
Indian:	7,080	2.51%	0.2%
Asian:	3,264	1.16%	10.2%
2+ races:	7,698	2.73%	9.8%
Hispanic:	5,924	2.10%	17.0%

Total non-White:	28,342	10.06%	7.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	10,943	9.7
Deaths:	14,187	12.6
Net Migration:	3,271	2.9
Net Immigration:	874	0.8

Change in White population:	-828	-0.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,932	0.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
280,711
254,301	90.59%
4,308	1.53%
7,067	2.52%
2,961	1.05%
7,011	2.50%
5,063	1.80%
26,410	9.41%

2010
279,771
257,081	91.89%
3,657	1.31%
7,127	2.55%
2,359	0.84%
6,037	2.16%
3,387	1.21%
22,690	8.11%

2000
275,486
259,302	94.13%
2,218	0.81%
6,376	2.31%
1,772	0.64%
3,500	1.27%
2,178	0.79%
16,184	5.87%

1990
269,230
259,554	96.41%
1,344	0.50%
5,690	2.11%
1,473	0.55%
n/a
1,169	0.43%
9,676	3.59%

1980
296,586
289,006	97.44%
948	0.32%
4,263	1.44%
1,270	0.43%
n/a
1,015	0.34%
7,580	2.56%

1970
293,422
288,625	98.37%
1,094	0.37%
2,261	0.77%
364	0.12%
n/a
904	0.31%
4,797	1.63%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
25,879	9.3
26,577	9.5
-2,199	-0.8
1,474	0.5

-2,780	-1.0
3,720	1.3

Number	Rate
2000's
27,810	10.1
26,744	9.7
432	0.2
1,086	0.4

-2,221	-0.8
6,506	2.4

Number	Rate
1990's
30,038	11.2
30,239	11.2
-410	-0.2
666	0.2

-252	-0.1
6,508	2.4

Number	Rate
1980's
37,771	12.7
29,348	9.9
-35,587	-12.0
n/a

-29,452	-9.9
2,096	0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-12,241	-4.2
n/a

381	0.1
2,783	0.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
41.8
55,540	19.7%
226,275	80.3%
61,707	21.9%

125,307
2.23

71,597	57.1%
55,590	77.6%
5,883	8.2%
53,710	42.9%

2010
Number	Percent
40.6
57,388	20.5%
222,383	79.5%
43,494	15.5%

116,876
2.28

70,427	60.3%
53,824	76.4%
7,118	10.1%
46,449	39.7%

2000
Number	Percent
38.5
63,180	22.9%
212,306	77.1%
43,386	15.7%

112,524
2.34

71,506	63.5%
57,427	80.3%
6,775	9.5%
41,018	36.5%

1990
Number	Percent
38.9
74,784	27.8%
194,446	72.2%
48,014	17.8%

115,401
2.25

78,811	68.3%
65,479	83.1%
6,743	8.6%
36,590	31.7%

1980
Number	Percent
30.6
81,807	27.6%
214,779	72.4%
40,243	13.6%

108,231
2.66

77,566	71.7%
66,781	86.1%
5,284	6.8%
30,665	28.3%

2024 Housing Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,584	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,842	3.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,969	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,560	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,573	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,035	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,259	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,448	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,490	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	9,364	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	11,526	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	17,262	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	13,356	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,588	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	11,802	9.4%
$200,000 or more	8,649	6.9%

Median Household Income	72,235
Per Capita Income	40,829

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,718	5.4%
Public Assistance	4,040	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	13,973	11.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	130,220	73.1%
Unemployed	5,847	3.3%
In Armed Forces	541	0.3%

Total Labor Force	136,608	76.7%
Not in Labor Force	41,500	23.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	49,807	37,421	57.1%
Non-Profit	6,037	13,237	31.3%
Self-Employed	6,342	4,661	57.6%

Local Government	5,378	7,386	42.1%
State Government	3,514	4,255	45.2%
Federal Government	1,660	1,181	58.4%

Total Private + Self	56,149	42,082	57.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	16,589	26,059	38.9%
Total	72,738	68,141	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	16.6%
Pct. Private + Self	69.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	19,388	13.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	26,262	18.6%
Professional, Technical	35,440	25.1%
Service Occupations	26,520	18.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	566	0.4%
All others	33,515	23.7%

White Collar		57.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	27,553	19.5%
Retail trade	17,319	12.3%
Educational services	14,023	9.9%
Manufacturing	11,355	8.0%
Accommodation and food services	10,415	7.4%
Construction	9,487	6.7%
Public administration	7,411	5.3%
Transportation and warehousing	6,802	4.8%
Other services	6,389	4.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,162	4.4%
Finance and insurance	5,397	3.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,119	2.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,042	2.2%
Wholesale trade	2,567	1.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,334	1.7%
Utilities	1,950	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,785	1.3%
Information	1,617	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,331	0.9%
Management	67	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,267	1.12%
Puerto Rican	414	0.14%
Cuban	189	0.06%
Dominican	53	0.02%

Total Central American	702	0.24%
Costa Rican	21	0.01%
Guatemalan	166	0.06%
Honduran	80	0.03%
Nicaraguan	18	0.01%
Panamanian	38	0.01%
Salvadoran	379	0.13%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	419	0.14%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	22	0.01%
Chilean	94	0.03%
Colombian	142	0.05%
Ecuadorian	67	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	36	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	58	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	587	0.20%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	702	0.24%
Indian	516	0.18%
Korean	355	0.12%
Hmong	273	0.09%
Vietnamese	234	0.08%
Filipino	203	0.07%
Cambodian	78	0.03%
Japanese	49	0.02%
Laotian	31	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	269,633	96.9%
Spanish	2,886	1.0%
Other	1,724	0.6%
German, other Germanic	789	0.3%
Other Indo-European	734	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	498	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	468	0.2%
Other Asian	441	0.2%
Chinese	428	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	65,275	22.4%
Norwegian	34,838	11.9%
Swedish	29,060	10.0%
Finnish	28,624	9.8%
Irish	27,740	9.5%
English	20,870	7.2%
Polish	16,168	5.5%
Italian	11,308	3.9%
American	8,546	2.9%
French	8,308	2.8%
Scandinavian	6,763	2.3%
European	5,005	1.7%
French Canadian	3,756	1.3%
Scottish	3,436	1.2%
Czech	3,180	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	289,322	99.2%
Not a citizen	2,427	0.8%

Native	286,277	98.1%
Foreign-born	5,472	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,004	1.5%	7,692	3.8%	54,868	26.8%	74,484	36.4%	41,937	20.5%	22,767	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,004	1.5%
9-12 Years	7,692	3.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	54,868	26.8%
Some College	74,484	36.4%
Bach. Degree	41,937	20.5%
Grad Degree	22,767	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	257,899	241,616	16,283	6.3%
1991	266,767	247,791	18,976	7.1%
1992	273,096	252,091	21,005	7.7%
1993	274,718	254,639	20,079	7.3%
1994	279,769	261,181	18,588	6.6%
1995	283,992	267,593	16,399	5.8%
1996	286,428	270,387	16,041	5.6%
1997	289,128	274,543	14,585	5.0%
1998	291,531	279,233	12,298	4.2%
1999	290,392	278,883	11,509	4.0%

2000	288,983	276,552	12,431	4.3%
2001	290,359	274,165	16,194	5.6%
2002	291,951	275,297	16,654	5.7%
2003	292,981	275,058	17,923	6.1%
2004	291,476	274,641	16,835	5.8%
2005	288,463	273,504	14,959	5.2%
2006	290,490	275,759	14,731	5.1%
2007	292,943	276,887	16,056	5.5%
2008	295,853	277,598	18,255	6.2%
2009	298,950	271,722	27,228	9.1%

2010	295,814	271,641	24,173	8.2%
2011	293,277	271,592	21,685	7.4%
2012	291,007	271,764	19,243	6.6%
2013	292,660	274,486	18,174	6.2%
2014	293,060	277,588	15,472	5.3%
2015	291,868	277,180	14,688	5.0%
2016	292,986	276,617	16,369	5.6%
2017	292,384	279,002	13,382	4.6%
2018	290,293	279,009	11,284	3.9%
2019	290,457	278,877	11,580	4.0%

2020	288,695	266,979	21,716	7.5%
2021	283,983	271,838	12,145	4.3%
2022	286,338	276,402	9,936	3.5%
2023	287,184	277,254	9,930	3.5%
2024	285,346	275,244	10,102	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	150,762
Median Value	$222,486

Occupied	125,307	83.1%
Vacant	25,455	16.9%

Owned	91,192	72.8%
Rented	34,115	27.2%
Median Rent	$1,001

Single-Family Units	115,672	76.7%
Detached	112,782	74.8%
Attached	2,890	1.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	18,562	12.3%
Mobile Homes	6,159	4.1%

Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area