Ham Lake, Minnesota demographics

Ham Lake, MN demographics: median age 43.8; 36.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Ham Lake city, Minnesota · Incorporated city · GEOID 2726738. The survey estimates a population of 16,702 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Ham Lake is 43.8 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.0 years. There are 5,945 households (±216). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	43.8 ±2.0	38.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 16,702
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Under 18	3,883 ±412	23.2% ±2.5 pp	22.9%	22.0%
18–34	2,510 ±323	15.0% ±1.9 pp	21.8%	22.8%
35–64	7,205 ±520	43.1% ±3.1 pp	38.0%	38.0%
65 and older	3,104 ±407	18.6% ±2.4 pp	17.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 16,702
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Male	8,655 ±288	51.8% ±1.7 pp	50.1%	49.5%
Female	8,047 ±280	48.2% ±1.7 pp	49.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 16,702
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
White alone	15,039 ±459	90.0% ±2.7 pp	77.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	23 ±35 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	7.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1 ±3 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.9%
Asian alone	738 ±299	4.4% ±1.8 pp	5.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	7 ±12 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	140 ±112 · low precision	0.8% ±0.7 pp · low precision	2.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	754 ±299	4.5% ±1.8 pp	7.0%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 16,702
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,271 ±250	97.4% ±1.5 pp	93.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	431 ±243 · low precision	2.6% ±1.5 pp · low precision	6.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,945
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,244 ±251	71.4% ±3.3 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	236 ±95	4.0% ±1.6 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	319 ±140	5.4% ±2.3 pp	8.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	805 ±168	13.5% ±2.8 pp	29.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	341 ±200 · low precision	5.7% ±3.4 pp · low precision	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,945
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,986 ±170	33.4% ±2.6 pp	28.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	3,959 ±295	66.6% ±4.3 pp	71.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,945
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	805 ±168	13.5% ±2.8 pp	29.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,522 ±321	42.4% ±5.2 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	932 ±172	15.7% ±2.8 pp	13.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,027 ±171	17.3% ±2.8 pp	12.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	387 ±121	6.5% ±2.0 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	126 ±59	2.1% ±1.0 pp	2.0%	2.2%
Seven or more people	146 ±77 · low precision	2.5% ±1.3 pp · low precision	1.4%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 16,702
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Native	16,082 ±210	96.3% ±1.2 pp	91.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	620 ±209	3.7% ±1.3 pp	8.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 15,755
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
English only	14,925 ±365	94.7% ±2.0 pp	87.6%	77.7%
Spanish	186 ±119 · low precision	1.2% ±0.8 pp · low precision	4.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	25 ±39 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	17 ±23 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	116 ±89 · low precision	0.7% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	25 ±23 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	39 ±55 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	20 ±24 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	402 ±203 · low precision	2.6% ±1.3 pp · low precision	2.4%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	0 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	2.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 11,627
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	563 ±226	4.8% ±1.9 pp	6.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	3,119 ±357	26.8% ±2.9 pp	23.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,237 ±354	19.2% ±3.0 pp	19.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,414 ±234	12.2% ±2.0 pp	11.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,135 ±413	27.0% ±3.4 pp	25.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,159 ±206	10.0% ±1.7 pp	13.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 16,589
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Same house	15,463 ±359	93.2% ±2.1 pp	87.8%	87.7%
Moved within same county	389 ±185	2.3% ±1.1 pp	5.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	516 ±250	3.1% ±1.5 pp	4.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	195 ±217 · low precision	1.2% ±1.3 pp · low precision	1.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	26 ±27 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

3.5% of Ham Lake residents (±1.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 4.7% in Minnesota and 8.4% nationally. 94.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Ham Lake	Minnesota	U.S.	Compared with Minnesota
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.5% ±1.2 pp	4.7%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.6% ±2.3 pp	91.6%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.9% ±1.7 pp	5.9%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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