The population of Dakota county is estimated at 417,421 where 332,265 speak English exclusively and 6,366 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 5,219 births and 2,575 deaths in Dakota county. Dakota county has 95,233 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 21,075 that are owned free and clear and 35,752 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Dakota County filed 216,620 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 7.9% of all Minnesota filings and 0.145% of the entire nation. Dakota had an impressive combined total federal tax liability of $2,581,304,000 on earned income of $16,752,625,000. Other notable statistics from Dakota County were 8,070 unemployment claims which collected a total of $44,357,000 and 79,430 charitable contributions valued at $324,956,000. 86,070 filings from Dakota County paid a combined total of $310,369,000 in property taxes and 75,820 filings paid $590,307,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Dakota county had 219 religious congregations with an estimated 232,928 members.
41.1% of the Dakota population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 5.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 55% of Dakota County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,364 votes.
At $81,004 the median income is 118.5% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 7,228 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Dakota, the equivalant of around 3.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Dakota County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
23,031	Health care and social assistance
21,719	Retail trade
16,946	Manufacturing
15,357	Accommodation and food services
14,527	Food services and drinking places
13,707	Information
12,770	Restaurants and other eating places
11,121	Finance and insurance
10,239	Transportation and warehousing
8,547	Ambulatory health care services
8,495	Professional, scientific, and technical services
8,370	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
7,768	Wholesale trade
7,723	Administrative and support services
6,981	Insurance carriers and related activities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.59% in Dakota County (averaging across 11 zip codes a sample of which are; 55124, 55122, 55044, 55068 and 55076).

In 2018 16.36% of listings in Dakota County (averaging across 12 zip codes a sample of which are; 55122, 55068, 55044, 55123 and 55306) dropped their price.

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