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Carver County in MN has the lowest deep-poverty rate (1.9%) among all the 506 counties that are manufacturing-dependent. That 1.9% compares to an average of 7.0% across those 506 counties.
- deep-poverty rate. Lower values are better. Deep poverty rate for all ages, 2010-2014. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
- type. Classification of counties by measures of earnings and employment into: Nonspecialized, farm-dependent, Mining-dependent, Manufacturing-dependent, Federal/State government-dependent, and Recreation county. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
Carver County in MN is in Minnesota, is high in creative professions, contains a high-density urban area, improved or maxed out on all the population and employment change metrics (5 of these; each county needs at least 4 with actual values to qualify), is manufacturing-dependent, saw little change in onshore oil production, saw little change in natural-gas production, is better than the nationwide averages in each of overall obesity, male obesity, female obesity, change over 4 years in overall obesity, change over 4 years in male obesity, and change over 4 years in female obesity, is better than the nationwide income averages in each of median household income, per-capita income, poverty rate, poverty rate for children age 0-17, deep-poverty rate, and deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17, and is better than the nationwide averages in adults of age 25+ with each of a bachelors degree or higher, less than a bachelors degree, less than an associate degree, no college credits, and no high school diploma or ged.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($88,500)
- per-capita income ($38,638)
- median rent for a 3-bedroom unit ($1,636)
- median rent for a 1-bedroom unit ($916)
- median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit ($743)
- proportion of veterans who are male (95.6%)
- white non-Hispanic population (90.7%)
- owner-occupied housing (81.2%)
- farmland (75.3%)
- residents employed in services (56.2%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than a bachelors degree (54.9%)
- adults of age 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher (45.0%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than an associate degree (44.8%)
- religious adherents (42.30%)
- change in median rent for a 3-bedroom unit over the last decade (+39.0%)
- change in median rent for a 1-bedroom unit over the last decade (+26.0%)
- adults of age 25+ with no college credits (25.7%)
- male obesity (24.2%)
- obesity (23.6%)
- female obesity (23%)
- change, relative to its home state, in per-capita income (+22.1%)
- change in median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit over the last decade (+19.0%)
- Catholics (16.30%)
- residents employed in manufacturing (15.8%)
- Evangelical Protestants (14.60%)
- Mainline Protestants (10.20%)
- Evangelical Lutherans (8.70%)
- population age 65 or older (8.5%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 (+8.4%)
- unemployment rate for veterans (7.5%)
- adults of age 65+ living alone (7.4%)
- female-headed family households (7.1%)
- residents who are veterans (6.8%)
- residents who have diabetes (6.8%)
- foreign-born population (5.6%)
- poverty rate for children age 0-17 (5.5%)
- poverty rate (4.8%)
- non-English speaking households (4.7%)
- adults of age 25+ with no high school diploma or GED (4.5%)
- proportion of veterans who are female (4.4%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net inbound migration (+4.2%)
- Hispanic population (3.9%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the net inbound migration rate (+3.5%)
- unemployment rate (3.2%)
- Asian population (2.7%)
- residents employed in government (2.3%)
- change over 9 years in the prevalence of diabetes (+2.2%)
- Caribbean-born population (2.1%)
- deep-poverty rate (1.9%)
- deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17 (1.7%)
- residents employed in agriculture or other resource-based industries (1.7%)
- multi-racial population (1.6%)
- Mexican-born population (1.5%)
- black non-Hispanic population (1.2%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among men over women (1.2%)
- European-born population (1.0%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net international immigration (+0.5%)
- United Methodists (0.34%)
- Mormons (0.33%)
- Native American non-Hispanic population (0.2%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of male obesity (+0.2%)
- Central or South American-born population (0.0%)
- African-born population (0.0%)
- Asian-born population (0.0%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of obesity (0.0%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of female obesity (-0.3%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 8 years (-0.7%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among women over men (-1.2%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years (-2.3%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the poverty rate (-6.6%)
- average household size (2.8)
- land area (354.3 sq miles)
- population in 2015 (98,741)
- total domestic water use (6.20 Mgal/day)
- total domestic water use per capita (62.80 gallons/day)
- total water usage for all purposes (11.10 Mgal/day)
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