2024 population: 205,878 ( 6,202 from 2020)
Land area: 1751.1 square miles
Population density: 117.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	165,668	80.47%	1.3%
Black:	20,409	9.91%	34.4%
Indian:	692	0.34%	13.8%
Asian:	4,546	2.21%	7.5%
2+ races:	4,195	2.04%	12.1%
Hispanic:	10,368	5.04%	27.9%

Total non-White:	40,210	19.53%	26.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	10,794	13.5
Deaths:	7,192	9.0
Net Migration:	-2,009	-2.5
Net Immigration:	4,511	5.6

Change in White population:	-2,141	-1.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	8,343	4.2

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
199,676
167,809	84.04%
15,184	7.60%
608	0.30%
4,227	2.12%
3,743	1.87%
8,105	4.06%
31,867	15.96%

2010
189,093
172,353	91.15%
5,333	2.82%
538	0.28%
3,411	1.80%
2,514	1.33%
4,822	2.55%
16,740	8.85%

2000
167,392
159,532	95.30%
1,326	0.79%
490	0.29%
2,530	1.51%
1,283	0.77%
2,134	1.27%
7,860	4.70%

1990
148,976
146,627	98.42%
508	0.34%
586	0.39%
656	0.44%
n/a
599	0.40%
2,349	1.58%

1980
133,348
131,758	98.81%
153	0.11%
237	0.18%
576	0.43%
n/a
573	0.43%
1,590	1.19%

1970
116,241
115,522	99.38%
127	0.11%
170	0.15%
114	0.10%
n/a
262	0.23%
719	0.62%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
23,588	12.5
12,349	6.5
-3,710	-2.0
5,396	2.9

-4,544	-2.4
15,127	8.0

Number	Rate
2000's
22,909	13.7
10,270	6.1
3,684	2.2
1,613	1.0

12,821	7.7
8,880	5.3

Number	Rate
1990's
21,439	14.4
9,946	6.7
5,723	3.8
660	0.4

12,905	8.7
5,511	3.7

Number	Rate
1980's
24,238	18.2
8,899	6.7
405	0.3
n/a

14,869	11.2
759	0.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,670	2.3
n/a

16,236	14.0
871	0.7

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Cloud, MN 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
35.3
48,538	23.6%
157,340	76.4%
31,698	15.4%

78,122
2.48

47,784	61.2%
37,770	79.0%
4,186	8.8%
30,338	38.8%

2010
Number	Percent
33.5
44,400	23.5%
144,693	76.5%
22,786	12.1%

71,311
2.52

46,396	65.1%
37,136	80.0%
3,872	8.3%
24,915	34.9%

2000
Number	Percent
31.5
43,508	26.0%
123,884	74.0%
18,449	11.0%

60,694
2.63

40,812	67.2%
34,245	83.9%
2,859	7.0%
19,882	32.8%

1990
Number	Percent
30.6
46,581	31.3%
102,395	68.7%
16,989	11.4%

54,382
2.60

38,861	71.5%
33,342	85.8%
2,578	6.6%
15,521	28.5%

1980
Number	Percent
25.0
41,887	31.4%
91,461	68.6%
13,319	10.0%

40,567
3.07

30,472	75.1%
27,254	89.4%
1,437	4.7%
10,095	24.9%

2024 Housing Data for St. Cloud, MN Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,211	4.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,905	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,373	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,516	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,672	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,396	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,741	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,887	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,984	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,034	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,618	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,423	14.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	8,227	10.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,366	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,331	9.4%
$200,000 or more	6,438	8.2%

Median Household Income	76,497
Per Capita Income	38,348

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,989	3.8%
Public Assistance	2,485	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,167	10.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	96,869	79.4%
Unemployed	4,223	3.5%
In Armed Forces	202	0.2%

Total Labor Force	101,294	83.0%
Not in Labor Force	20,744	17.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		20.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	39,404	30,527	56.3%
Non-Profit	4,413	9,156	32.5%
Self-Employed	6,532	3,280	66.6%

Local Government	2,723	4,442	38.0%
State Government	1,904	2,244	45.9%
Federal Government	978	1,420	40.8%

Total Private + Self	45,936	33,807	57.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	10,018	17,262	36.7%
Total	55,954	51,069	52.3%

Pct. Govt.	12.8%
Pct. Private + Self	74.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	15,113	14.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	21,253	19.8%
Professional, Technical	23,968	22.4%
Service Occupations	18,443	17.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,049	1.0%
All others	28,421	26.5%

White Collar		56.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	19,227	17.9%
Manufacturing	13,927	13.0%
Retail trade	12,178	11.4%
Educational services	11,598	10.8%
Construction	8,410	7.8%
Transportation and warehousing	6,620	6.2%
Accommodation and food services	6,316	5.9%
Other services	4,682	4.4%
Finance and insurance	4,306	4.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,234	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,002	2.8%
Public administration	2,971	2.8%
Wholesale trade	2,915	2.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,850	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,121	1.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,056	1.0%
Information	832	0.8%
Utilities	649	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	182	0.2%
Management	122	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	5,604	2.77%
Puerto Rican	790	0.39%
Cuban	515	0.25%
Dominican	369	0.18%

Total Central American	751	0.37%
Costa Rican	8	0.00%
Guatemalan	172	0.08%
Honduran	100	0.05%
Nicaraguan	298	0.15%
Panamanian	5	0.00%
Salvadoran	123	0.06%
Other Central American	45	0.02%

Total South American	630	0.31%
Argentinean	33	0.02%
Bolivian	103	0.05%
Chilean	5	0.00%
Colombian	168	0.08%
Ecuadorian	117	0.06%
Paraguayan	13	0.01%
Peruvian	125	0.06%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	66	0.03%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	501	0.25%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	653	0.32%
Hmong	629	0.31%
Chinese	445	0.22%
Indian	423	0.21%
Korean	268	0.13%
Laotian	226	0.11%
Japanese	192	0.09%
Filipino	182	0.09%
Cambodian	49	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	169,515	89.3%
Other	8,670	4.6%
Spanish	5,654	3.0%
Other Asian	1,494	0.8%
German, other Germanic	823	0.4%
Arabic	807	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	600	0.3%
Other Indo-European	540	0.3%
Vietnamese	528	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	77,700	38.4%
Irish	15,849	7.8%
Norwegian	15,159	7.5%
Polish	12,671	6.3%
Swedish	8,889	4.4%
English	8,258	4.1%
American	5,214	2.6%
French	4,092	2.0%
Somalian	3,357	1.7%
Dutch	2,126	1.1%
African	2,116	1.0%
Scandinavian	2,113	1.0%
Italian	2,074	1.0%
European	2,066	1.0%
Finnish	1,762	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	195,552	96.6%
Not a citizen	6,906	3.4%

Native	188,362	93.0%
Foreign-born	14,096	7.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,344	3.4%	5,148	4.0%	35,497	27.9%	46,344	36.4%	24,146	19.0%	11,790	9.3%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,344	3.4%
9-12 Years	5,148	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	35,497	27.9%
Some College	46,344	36.4%
Bach. Degree	24,146	19.0%
Grad Degree	11,790	9.3%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	165,538	156,260	9,278	5.6%
1991	170,900	161,108	9,792	5.7%
1992	173,116	164,324	8,792	5.1%
1993	177,672	169,010	8,662	4.9%
1994	182,174	174,628	7,546	4.1%
1995	187,408	179,654	7,754	4.1%
1996	190,658	181,544	9,114	4.8%
1997	189,166	181,462	7,704	4.1%
1998	190,586	184,622	5,964	3.1%
1999	198,376	192,666	5,710	2.9%

2000	196,986	190,904	6,082	3.1%
2001	201,952	194,106	7,846	3.9%
2002	203,636	194,502	9,134	4.5%
2003	204,416	194,592	9,824	4.8%
2004	204,898	195,388	9,510	4.6%
2005	205,696	196,564	9,132	4.4%
2006	208,024	199,396	8,628	4.1%
2007	211,770	201,844	9,926	4.7%
2008	212,414	200,424	11,990	5.6%
2009	214,324	197,042	17,282	8.1%

2010	213,682	197,618	16,064	7.5%
2011	214,940	200,886	14,054	6.5%
2012	215,180	203,064	12,116	5.6%
2013	216,482	205,276	11,206	5.2%
2014	219,364	209,766	9,598	4.4%
2015	219,968	211,482	8,486	3.9%
2016	221,306	212,688	8,618	3.9%
2017	223,132	215,318	7,814	3.5%
2018	222,914	215,880	7,034	3.2%
2019	225,076	217,754	7,322	3.3%

2020	225,850	212,494	13,356	5.9%
2021	220,310	211,206	9,104	4.1%
2022	222,058	215,712	6,346	2.9%
2023	224,134	217,524	6,610	2.9%
2024	221,832	214,852	6,980	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	84,233
Median Value	$272,898

Occupied	78,122	92.7%
Vacant	6,111	7.3%

Owned	52,820	67.6%
Rented	25,302	32.4%
Median Rent	$1,050

Single-Family Units	59,965	71.2%
Detached	57,419	68.2%
Attached	2,546	3.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	19,072	22.6%
Mobile Homes	2,390	2.8%

St. Cloud, MN Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Cloud, MN Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for St. Cloud, MN Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for St. Cloud, MN Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for St. Cloud, MN Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for St. Cloud, MN Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for St. Cloud, MN Metro Area