Labor Force Participation of Minnesota Women:
County, State and United States  2000

Percent of Female Population 
Age 16 Years and Over 
in the Labor Force

Geographic area

Total

With own children 
under 6 years

Aitkin County

49.4%

72.1%

Anoka County

72.7%

74.4%

Becker County

58.6%

70.3%

Beltrami County

61.4%

67.3%

Benton County

70.4%

79.4%

Big Stone County

51.4%

69.8%

Blue Earth County

68.2%

76.4%

Brown County

64.5%

84.6%

Carlton County

58.6%

75.3%

Carver County

70.9%

68.8%

Cass County

55.7%

70.8%

Chippewa County

59.8%

78.2%

Chisago County

67.9%

73.3%

Clay County

65.0%

76.7%

Clearwater County

55.9%

69.1%

Cook County

62.3%

77.5%

Cottonwood County

57.5%

78.1%

Crow Wing County

58.3%

76.1%

Dakota County

73.1%

72.5%

Dodge County

68.5%

81.2%

Douglas County

60.0%

73.5%

Faribault County

57.3%

75.7%

Fillmore County

61.6%

76.9%

Freeborn County

59.0%

77.1%

Goodhue County

64.8%

79.2%

Grant County

57.1%

80.0%

Hennepin County

67.6%

67.8%

Houston County

65.3%

81.3%

Hubbard County

55.2%

76.2%

Isanti County

67.0%

72.9%

Itasca County

53.9%

64.7%

Jackson County

59.9%

80.0%

Kanabec County

62.9%

72.8%

Kandiyohi County

63.8%

76.1%

Kittson County

53.2%

69.7%

Koochiching County

54.3%

66.8%

Lac qui Parle County

57.7%

82.6%

Lake County

56.9%

74.8%

Lake of the Woods County

59.9%

78.7%

Le Sueur County

67.3%

80.5%

Lincoln County

56.0%

82.3%

Lyon County

66.3%

74.6%

McLeod County

67.5%

81.8%

Mahnomen County

58.2%

77.9%

Marshall County

56.6%

74.6%

Martin County

58.6%

76.6%

Meeker County

62.2%

72.4%

Mille Lacs County

60.8%

76.3%

Morrison County

61.5%

74.9%

Mower County

57.4%

77.2%

Murray County

60.1%

85.6%

Nicollet County

71.6%

79.9%

Nobles County

59.7%

78.4%

Norman County

56.5%

75.5%

Olmsted County

69.0%

72.8%

Otter Tail County

56.5%

75.6%

Pennington County

65.3%

79.6%

Pine County

59.0%

69.7%

Pipestone County

59.9%

84.7%

Polk County

58.5%

81.0%

Pope County

56.5%

78.7%

Ramsey County

65.4%

68.6%

Red Lake County

58.8%

81.5%

Redwood County

59.3%

78.0%

Renville County

58.2%

75.6%

Rice County

65.9%

72.7%

Rock County

60.5%

85.7%

Roseau County

68.1%

83.0%

St. Louis County

58.0%

70.9%

Scott County

73.8%

75.4%

Sherburne County

71.1%

74.1%

Sibley County

64.7%

80.6%

Stearns County

68.5%

77.6%

Steele County

67.1%

74.6%

Stevens County

61.9%

73.9%

Swift County

59.7%

82.3%

Todd County

56.7%

72.2%

Traverse County

46.0%

70.9%

Wabasha County

65.3%

77.9%

Wadena County

54.0%

68.8%

Waseca County

65.0%

75.6%

Washington County

70.7%

72.4%

Watonwan County

58.6%

70.4%

Wilkin County

59.7%

80.0%

Winona County

65.8%

76.9%

Wright County

71.3%

75.6%

Yellow Medicine County

58.2%

79.0%

Minnesota

66.0%

72.4%

United States

57.5%

61.9%

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census Summary File 3 (SF 3), Tables P43 and P45