Rochester, Minnesota demographics

Rochester, MN demographics: median age 36.3; 50.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Rochester city, Minnesota · Incorporated city · GEOID 2754880. The survey estimates a population of 122,330 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Rochester is 36.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.4 years. There are 51,131 households (±541). 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	36.3 ±0.4	38.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 122,330
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Under 18	28,482 ±934	23.3% ±0.8 pp	22.9%	22.0%
18–34	30,404 ±831	24.9% ±0.7 pp	21.8%	22.8%
35–64	43,464 ±1,192	35.5% ±1.0 pp	38.0%	38.0%
65 and older	19,980 ±891	16.3% ±0.7 pp	17.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 122,330
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Male	59,020 ±455	48.2% ±0.4 pp	50.1%	49.5%
Female	63,310 ±450	51.8% ±0.4 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: 122,330
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
White alone	89,123 ±937	72.9% ±0.8 pp	77.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	12,008 ±695	9.8% ±0.6 pp	7.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	249 ±119	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.9%	0.9%
Asian alone	9,513 ±519	7.8% ±0.4 pp	5.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±23 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,689 ±628	2.2% ±0.5 pp	2.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	8,748 ±1,221	7.2% ±1.0 pp	7.0%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 122,330
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	114,310 ±417	93.4% ±0.3 pp	93.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8,020 ±413	6.6% ±0.3 pp	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: 51,131
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Married-couple family	23,728 ±783	46.4% ±1.5 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,650 ±376	3.2% ±0.7 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,059 ±548	7.9% ±1.1 pp	8.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	16,785 ±813	32.8% ±1.6 pp	29.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	4,909 ±549	9.6% ±1.1 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 51,131
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Households with people under 18	14,558 ±741	28.5% ±1.4 pp	28.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	36,573 ±779	71.5% ±1.3 pp	71.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 51,131
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	16,785 ±813	32.8% ±1.6 pp	29.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	17,687 ±908	34.6% ±1.7 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	6,591 ±672	12.9% ±1.3 pp	13.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	6,233 ±566	12.2% ±1.1 pp	12.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,413 ±326	4.7% ±0.6 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	895 ±312	1.8% ±0.6 pp	2.0%	2.2%
Seven or more people	527 ±207	1.0% ±0.4 pp	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: 122,330
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Native	106,028 ±1,173	86.7% ±1.0 pp	91.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	16,302 ±1,178	13.3% ±1.0 pp	8.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 114,114
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
English only	94,282 ±1,656	82.6% ±1.4 pp	87.6%	77.7%
Spanish	4,310 ±557	3.8% ±0.5 pp	4.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	604 ±257	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	249 ±114	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	983 ±376	0.9% ±0.3 pp	0.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,608 ±318	1.4% ±0.3 pp	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	372 ±172	0.3% ±0.2 pp	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,147 ±350	1.0% ±0.3 pp	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,208 ±383	1.1% ±0.3 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	434 ±230 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	3,087 ±756	2.7% ±0.7 pp	2.4%	1.1%
Arabic	1,992 ±949	1.7% ±0.8 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	3,838 ±713	3.4% ±0.6 pp	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: 83,224
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	4,418 ±695	5.3% ±0.8 pp	6.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	14,838 ±964	17.8% ±1.2 pp	23.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	12,694 ±973	15.3% ±1.2 pp	19.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	8,913 ±735	10.7% ±0.9 pp	11.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	23,773 ±1,081	28.6% ±1.3 pp	25.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18,588 ±963	22.3% ±1.1 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: 120,366
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Same house	99,884 ±1,656	83.0% ±1.4 pp	87.8%	87.7%
Moved within same county	9,786 ±1,187	8.1% ±1.0 pp	5.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	4,538 ±650	3.8% ±0.5 pp	4.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	4,893 ±803	4.1% ±0.7 pp	1.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,265 ±539	1.1% ±0.4 pp	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

3.9% of Rochester residents (±0.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 4.7% in Minnesota and 8.4% nationally. 92.1% 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	Rochester	Minnesota	U.S.	Compared with Minnesota
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.9% ±0.6 pp	4.7%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.1% ±0.9 pp	91.6%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.5% ±0.6 pp	5.9%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Rochester . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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