2024 population: 292,513 ( 899 from 2020)
Land area: 10522.1 square miles
Population density: 27.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	263,589	90.11%	0.4%
Black:	4,438	1.52%	1.8%
Indian:	7,173	2.45%	0.4%
Asian:	3,322	1.14%	10.0%
2+ races:	7,890	2.70%	10.0%
Hispanic:	6,101	2.09%	17.6%

Total non-White:	28,924	9.89%	7.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	11,283	9.7
Deaths:	14,872	12.7
Net Migration:	3,424	2.9
Net Immigration:	872	0.7

Change in White population:	-1,142	-0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,041	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
291,614
264,731	90.78%
4,361	1.50%
7,141	2.45%
3,020	1.04%
7,175	2.46%
5,186	1.78%
26,883	9.22%

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
26,864	9.6
27,889	10.0
-2,146	-0.8
1,537	0.5

7,650	2.7
4,193	1.5

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):

2022
Number	Percent
41.8
56,068	19.2%
236,445	80.8%
58,674	20.1%

123,473
2.25

71,560	58.0%
55,006	76.9%
6,295	8.8%
51,913	42.0%

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
35.5
67,392	25.0%
201,838	75.0%
44,822	16.6%

106,422
2.45

71,755	67.4%
59,156	82.4%
6,452	9.0%
34,667	32.6%

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%

2022 Housing Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,239	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,707	4.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,376	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,963	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,209	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,269	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,791	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,885	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,962	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	9,247	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	12,230	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,660	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	13,097	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,511	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,292	7.5%
$200,000 or more	7,035	5.7%

Median Household Income	67,427
Per Capita Income	37,350

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,363	6.0%
Public Assistance	4,132	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	13,283	10.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	130,680	72.4%
Unemployed	5,933	3.3%
In Armed Forces	621	0.3%

Total Labor Force	137,234	76.1%
Not in Labor Force	43,207	23.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	50,834	37,951	57.3%
Non-Profit	5,510	12,559	30.5%
Self-Employed	6,077	4,338	58.3%

Local Government	5,346	6,894	43.7%
State Government	3,689	4,048	47.7%
Federal Government	1,691	1,249	57.5%

Total Private + Self	56,911	42,289	57.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	16,236	24,750	39.6%
Total	73,147	67,039	52.2%

Pct. Govt.	16.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	18,175	12.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	26,493	18.9%
Professional, Technical	33,911	24.2%
Service Occupations	27,916	19.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	735	0.5%
All others	33,901	24.1%

White Collar		56.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	26,633	19.0%
Retail trade	16,877	12.0%
Educational services	13,502	9.6%
Manufacturing	11,455	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	10,661	7.6%
Construction	9,804	7.0%
Public administration	7,517	5.4%
Other services	6,357	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	6,339	4.5%
Finance and insurance	5,816	4.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,675	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,003	2.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,488	2.5%
Wholesale trade	2,826	2.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,437	1.7%
Utilities	1,965	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,841	1.3%
Information	1,626	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,473	1.0%
Management	101	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,914	1.00%
Puerto Rican	440	0.15%
Cuban	183	0.06%
Dominican	38	0.01%

Total Central American	780	0.27%
Costa Rican	45	0.02%
Guatemalan	304	0.10%
Honduran	81	0.03%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	129	0.04%
Salvadoran	221	0.08%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	332	0.11%
Argentinean	19	0.01%
Bolivian	27	0.01%
Chilean	2	0.00%
Colombian	94	0.03%
Ecuadorian	41	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	18	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	124	0.04%
Other South American	7	0.00%

Other Hispanic	745	0.26%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	728	0.25%
Indian	470	0.16%
Vietnamese	443	0.15%
Hmong	316	0.11%
Filipino	237	0.08%
Korean	204	0.07%
Japanese	44	0.02%
Laotian	31	0.01%
Thai	23	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	268,477	96.7%
Spanish	3,012	1.1%
Other	1,758	0.6%
German, other Germanic	1,058	0.4%
Other Indo-European	826	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	509	0.2%
Chinese	504	0.2%
Other Asian	431	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	391	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	65,316	22.4%
Norwegian	37,689	12.9%
Swedish	29,732	10.2%
Finnish	29,658	10.2%
Irish	27,285	9.4%
English	19,822	6.8%
Polish	16,611	5.7%
Italian	10,881	3.7%
American	8,699	3.0%
French	8,571	2.9%
Scandinavian	7,913	2.7%
European	4,522	1.6%
French Canadian	4,245	1.5%
Czech	3,268	1.1%
Dutch	3,266	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	289,059	99.2%
Not a citizen	2,432	0.8%

Native	285,943	98.1%
Foreign-born	5,548	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,925	1.4%	7,962	3.9%	54,838	27.0%	76,589	37.7%	39,387	19.4%	21,364	10.5%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,925	1.4%
9-12 Years	7,962	3.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	54,838	27.0%
Some College	76,589	37.7%
Bach. Degree	39,387	19.4%
Grad Degree	21,364	10.5%
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	262,976	246,362	16,614	6.3%
1991	272,064	252,626	19,438	7.1%
1992	278,642	257,100	21,542	7.7%
1993	280,218	259,716	20,502	7.3%
1994	285,376	266,444	18,932	6.6%
1995	289,602	272,912	16,690	5.8%
1996	292,302	275,936	16,366	5.6%
1997	294,972	280,090	14,882	5.0%
1998	297,172	284,640	12,532	4.2%
1999	296,056	284,342	11,714	4.0%

2000	294,882	282,210	12,672	4.3%
2001	296,644	280,126	16,518	5.6%
2002	298,094	281,146	16,948	5.7%
2003	299,088	280,882	18,206	6.1%
2004	297,560	280,440	17,120	5.8%
2005	294,554	279,332	15,222	5.2%
2006	296,572	281,588	14,984	5.1%
2007	299,058	282,726	16,332	5.5%
2008	301,998	283,420	18,578	6.2%
2009	305,126	277,328	27,798	9.1%

2010	301,616	276,960	24,656	8.2%
2011	299,104	277,016	22,088	7.4%
2012	296,842	277,246	19,596	6.6%
2013	298,442	279,904	18,538	6.2%
2014	298,756	283,016	15,740	5.3%
2015	297,494	282,530	14,964	5.0%
2016	298,400	281,686	16,714	5.6%
2017	297,880	284,286	13,594	4.6%
2018	295,748	284,286	11,462	3.9%
2019	295,950	284,176	11,774	4.0%

2020	293,968	271,868	22,100	7.5%
2021	289,360	277,004	12,356	4.3%
2022	291,674	281,472	10,202	3.5%
2023	292,486	282,350	10,136	3.5%
2024	290,528	280,260	10,268	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	149,788
Median Value	$193,173

Occupied	123,473	82.4%
Vacant	26,315	17.6%

Owned	90,118	73.0%
Rented	33,355	27.0%
Median Rent	$911

Single-Family Units	115,666	77.2%
Detached	113,073	75.5%
Attached	2,593	1.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	17,690	11.8%
Mobile Homes	6,671	4.5%

Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area

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