OLDER ADULTS SOON TO EXCEED SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION

By 2025, Minnesota's older adult population (age 65+) is expected to exceed our state's school-age population for the first time in our state's history. Currently, in one-third of Minnesota's counties, at least 20 percent of the residents are older adults. By 2030, this should be true for every county in Minnesota.

MINNESOTA'S POPULATION OF COLOR SURPASSES 1 MILLION

Minnesota's population of color crossed the 1 million mark in 2014. Since 1990 the population of color has accounted for nearly all of the growth in Minnesota’s population, so that today about 1 in 5 residents is a person of color. Looking at our population under age 18, about 1 in 3 is a person of color. By 2040, people of color will comprise 30 percent of Minnesota's population, including 40 percent in the Twin Cities region.

EMPLOYMENT TICKS UP

In 2014, 77 percent of all adults in Minnesota were employed, placing it third in the nation. This is the fourth year in a row of slow, steady growth. Minnesota remains home to very large employment gaps by race, but there appears to be a slight narrowing of this gap, with the employment rate among adults of color rising by about 3 percentage points over the last few years.

FEWER PEOPLE LACK HEALTH INSURANCE

Minnesota and the U.S. as a whole saw a substantial drop in the number and proportion of residents without health insurance between 2013 and 2014. In Minnesota, 9.3 percent of residents under age 65 lacked health insurance in 2013, compared with 6.7 percent in 2014, a 2.6 percentage point drop. Nationally, the rate dropped over 3 percentage points.

NEARLY 3 IN 10 MINNESOTA HOUSEHOLDS PAY TOO MUCH FOR HOUSING

Almost 600,000 Minnesota households are cost-burdened, or pay 30 percent or more of their income for housing. Mirroring the nation, the share of households paying too much for housing has decreased in recent years, after rising sharply in the 2000s. Homeowners are much less likely than renters to be cost-burdened.

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COMPASS POINTS 2016Minnesota Compass looks at key measures in 13 topic areas to promote cradle-to-career success for all of Minnesota’s youth, a strong and vibrant economy and workforce, and healthy communities throughout the state.

Notable Trends

Check out more trends at www.mncompass.org/trends/featured-trends

32% Percentage of adults age 65+ with a disability SAME 4

38% Adults age 65+ who volunteer SAME 2

$40,000 Median household income, head of household age 65+ BETTER 17

57% Students connected to a caring adult -- --

62% Students participating in enrichment activities (3X/week) -- --

48% Voted in 2014 election WORSE 5

35% Residents age 16+ who volunteer WORSE 4

70% Adult neighbors who help neighbors SAME 10

80% Children screened before age 5 SAME --

6% Low-weight births SAME 4

CHILDREN & YOUTH

AGING

NEW MEASURES!CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

EARLY CHILDHOOD

RECENT TRENDCURRENT

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(1=BEST)

Dig deeper. . .find data for specific populations, geographic areas, and where disparities occur at mncompass.org.Also find data sources, years, margins of error, and additional notes.

Updated February 2016 with the most recent data compiled by Minnesota Compass.

Minnesota’s population at a glance

Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding.

2000 2014

Overall population 4.9 million 5.5 million

Twin Cities 2.6 million 3.0 million

Greater Minnesota 2.3 million 2.5 million

Children and youth (0-17) 1.3 million 1.3 million

Twin Cities 698,000 711,000

Greater Minnesota 589,000 571,000

Working-age residents (18-64) 3.0 million 3.4 million

Twin Cities 1.7 million 1.9 million

Greater Minnesota 1.3 million 1.5 million

Older adults (65+) 594,000 780,000

Twin Cities 255,000 366,000

Greater Minnesota 339,000 414,000

Foreign-born residents 260,000 428,000

Twin Cities 206,000 340,000

Greater Minnesota 54,000 88,000

People of color 582,000 1 million

Twin Cities 444,000 762,000

Greater Minnesota 138,000 252,000

New on Compass . . .

Build your own neighborhood interactive tool for Duluth, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul

Generation Next section in Education

Civic Engagement: Enhanced key measures and a new key measure, neighbors helping neighbors

Coming . . . a new arts topic

HEALTH

ECONOMY

ENVIRONMENT

EDUCATION

HOUSING

IMMIGRATION

PUBLIC SAFETY

TRANSPORTATION

WORKFORCE

CURRENT

* 25 largest U.S. metros

1% Annual change in Gross Domestic Product WORSE 27

2.8 M Number of available jobs BETTER --

$61,500 Median household income SAME 10

12% Poverty rate SAME 8

59% 3rd graders proficient in reading SAME --

58% 8th graders proficient in math SAME --

81% Students graduate high school on time BETTER 33

219 Days air quality was rated “good” (Twin Cities) SAME 6*

29 Tons of green house gas emissions per person BETTER --

28% Adults age 18+ who are obese SAME 10

7% Residents who are uninsured BETTER 4

7% Adults age 18+ with diabetes SAME 4

8 Psychiatric hospital admissions per 1,000 residents age 14+ SAME --

14,100 Estimated number of homeless people WORSE --

28% Households pay more than 30% of income for housing BETTER 11

35% Homeownership gap (white, of color) SAME 44

70% Proportion of immigrants age 16-64 working SAME 14

$49,500 Median household income SAME --

34% Immigrants age 25+ with bachelor's degree SAME --

25 Serious crimes committed per 1,000 residents BETTER --

17% Adults are victims of crime SAME --

87% Adults feel safe on their street after dark SAME --

546 Traffic injuries and fatalities per 100,000 residents SAME --

4% Highway miles rated in poor condition BETTER --

23% Average household income spent on transportation -- --

35% Roads congested during peak driving times (Twin Cities) SAME 3*

17,650 Average number of jobs reachable within 30-minute commute -- 11* by foot or transit (Twin Cities)

77% Proportion of adults working BETTER 3

34% Adults age 25+ with bachelor’s degree BETTER 10

63% Graduation rate at 4-year institutions (in 6 years) BETTER 15

50% Graduation rate at 2-year institutions (in 3 years) WORSE 12

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RECENT TREND

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Initiatives and foundations contract with Minnesota Compass to provide data and trends specific to their work and then share the information on mncompass.org. These special projects include:

Addressing the achievement gap – Generation Next, a coalition of civic, business, and education leaders aims to close the sizeable achievement gaps between students of color and white students in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Believing that the first step toward solving any problem is to understand the facts, the initiative engaged Compass to benchmark and track five goals. Find them in the Generation Next section under the Education topic.

Neighborhood profiles for Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Duluth – Recognizing that building a better Minnesota starts in your own backyard, McKnight Foundation contracted with Compass to develop profiles for established Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Duluth neighborhoods. The information has proven so useful that McKnight and a consortium of funders led by the Northland Foundation took it a step further, sponsoring a “build your own neighborhood” tool. The new tool allows users in those cities to create their own geographic areas of interest and access up-to-date information about population, housing, employment, and more.

Racial Equity Resource Directory – Facing the issue of race remains one of our most pressing challenges. In an effort to ensure all Minnesotans have tools and training opportunities to combat racial inequities, the Facing Race Initiative worked with Minnesota Compass to develop a comprehensive statewide listing of programs and trainings to address racial equity in the workplace and in educational and community settings. Facing Race is an initiative of The Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation.

STEM in Minnesota – Sponsored by Boston Scientific and Ecolab, the STEM section of Compass was developed to help STEM stakeholders better understand the state of Minnesota's STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) continuum and to help target resources most effectively. The project, nominated for a Tekne award, tracks 11 key measures and provides information on benchmarks, best practices, and disparities. Find it under the Education topic.

How can we help you?Does your initiative have a desire to identify needs, track progress, and share the information with a broader audience?

Contact Craig Helmstetter, Minnesota Compass Project Director, to learn more: craig.helmstetter@wilder.org

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