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326,000 young children
About 6% of the state’s population are children age 0-4.
6
%
124,000 young children of color
More than one-third of young children are children of color.
38
%
34,000 young children below poverty
More than 1 in 10 young children live below poverty.
10
%
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973,000 school-age children
About 17% of the state’s population are children age 5-17.
17
%
342,000 school-age children of color
More than one-third of school-age children are children of color.
35
%
96,000 school-age children below poverty
More than one in ten school-age children live below poverty.
10
%
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More than 1 in 5 Minnesota residents are under the age of 18
There are 1.3 million children and youth (age 0-17) living in Minnesota.
22
%
More than third of Minnesota's youth (0-19) are children of color.
Children and youth are more racially and ethnically diverse than our population as a whole—36% compared to 24% of all residents.
36
%
3% of Minnesota children and youth were born in another country
Looking closer, 15% of Asian children and youth were born outside the U.S., as were 13% of Black children and youth, and 7% of Hispanic children and youth.
3
%
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3.4 million working-age adults
About 59% of the state’s population are working-age adults ages 18-64.
59
%
841,000 working-age adults of color
Nearly one in four working-age adults is an adult of color.
24
%
Nearly 4 in 5 Minnesota adults are working
Minnesota has one of the highest levels of workforce participation in the country.
80
%
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1.1 million older adults
About 18% of the state’s population are older adults age 65+.
18
%
84,000 older adults of color
About 8% of older adults are adults of color.
8
%
Nearly 2 in 5 Minnesota older adults volunteer
Minnesota has one of the highest older adult volunteer rates in the nation.
39
%