Duluth Statistics

Duluth-Superior MSA (LAUS)*
October 2009
Labor Force...................................................................... 147,194
Employment.....................................................................133,386
Suburbs of Dululth such as Hermantown and Proctor cities are not included.


Duluth City Wage and Salary Employment
First Quarter 2009
Source: Minnesota DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Goods-Producing, excluding Ag.......................................... 4,775
Natural Resources & Const. & Mining excluding Ag........ 1,779
Manufacturing..................................................................... 2,995
Service-Providing...............................................................53,265
Trade, Transportation & Utilities.......................................9,163
Retail Trade....................................................................... 6,352
Information.........................................................................1,472
Financial Activities............................................................ 2,923
Professional and Business Services................................4,416
Educational and Health..................................................22,355
Leisure and Hospitality..................................................... 6,704
Other Services, excluding gov...........................................1,814
Government....................................................................... 10,192
Physician population of over 400; one of every seven residents is employed in healthcare.

Total Non-Farm Jobs July 2009
Duluth-Superior MSA......................................................127,590


Tourism is one major business in Duluth, MN:
Duluth is a model of successful and creative tourism development.

In April 2001 the Duluth Convention and Visitors Bureau reported that Duluth tourism has grown over
25 percent in the last three years and has turned into an estimated $400 million-a-year industry.


With a total of 3,500,00 tourists in Duluth
accounting for $780,000,000 in economic impact..
August tourism stats in 1992 accounted for 610,695 visitors in August alone.
Highest rate of tourism dollars spent 1992 in Duluth is in August $11,831,000
70,891 rooms rented in 1992 since then over 4 hotels were added to canal park area.

Visitor Information from Duluth Convention and Visitors Bureas:
4,600 hotel rooms in the city.
Over 50 restaurants in the downtown area.
"State of the Air 2002" report places Duluth among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the United States with the least smog pollution according to data released by the American Lung Association from EPA Air Quality Index research.





HOTEL Statistics Busiest Hotel months:



Climate
The proximity of Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes, modifies local weather, causing cooler summer temperatures,
warmer winter temperatures and a low frequency of severe storms.

Average Temperatures
January July
Daily Average 8.4°F 65.5°F
Maximum 17.9°F 76.3°F
Minimum -1.2°F 54.6°F
Average Annual Rainfall
31"
Average Annual Snowfall
79.6"

Location
Duluth is halfway between Minneapolis- St. Paul and the U.S - Canadian border.
The altitude ranges from 605 to 1,485 feet above sea level.
Duluth is the third largest metro area in Minnesota.
The Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Statistical Area* consists of two counties: St. Louis County, Minn., and Douglas County, Wis.



Population - 2008 Estimates
According to City of Duluth Convention and Visitors bureau: within 30-mile radius, population is 184,134....
City of Duluth...............................84,633
Hermantown...................................8,507
Proctor............................................ 2,698
Two Harbors................................... 3,393
Superior, Wis...............................26,650
St. Louis County........................194,020
Duluth-Superior MSA*............272,302*
State of Minnesota................5,155,344
.

Source: www.census.gov
www.northlandconnection.com
*Includes St. Louis and Carlton Counties in Minnesota, and Douglas County in Wisconsin

Population Characteristics
City of Duluth Population (2007 Community Survey)
Race Number %
White 80,656   94.9%
American Indian 2,680   3.2%
Black 2,106   2.5%
Asian 1,282   1.5%
Hispanic 963   1.1%
       
Age Distribution
18 years and older.......................		 67,854   79.8%



Labor Force Information
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Local Area Unemployment
Statistics*

Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA Wage Estimates
Occupational Employment Statistics
Salary Data from 2009, Third Quarter
Source: Minnesota DEED Occupational
Employment Statistics
Median Wages
Total, All Occupations.................................................... $15.36/hr
Management................................................................... $35.53/hr
Business and Financial Operations............................... $21.85/hr
Computer and Mathematical Occupations....................$27.12/hr
Architecture and Engineering......................................... $28.30/hr
Life, Physical and Social Science................................... $26.11/hr
Community and Social Services.................................... $16.22/hr
Legal.................................................................................$31.01/hr
Education, Training and Library......................................$20.74/hr
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media........... $16.80/hr
Health Care Practitioners and Technical....................... $26.95/hr
Health Care Support....................................................... $11.96/hr
Protective Service .......................................................... $18.56/hr
Food Preparation and Serving Related............................$8.38/hr
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance....... $10.87/hr
Personal Care and Service............................................. $10.33/hr
Sales and Related..............................................................$9.48/hr
Office and Administrative Support................................ $14.24/hr
Farming, Fishing and Forestry....................................... $13.63/hr
Construction and Extraction........................................... $23.45/hr
Installation, Maintenance and Repair........................... $21.35/hr
Production....................................................................... $15.63/hr
Transportation and Material Moving............................. $14.98/hr

Taxes
City of Duluth....................................................................1%
State of MN Sales Tax...............................................6.85%
Demographic Information Web sites:
www.northlandconnection.com
www.demography.state.mn.us/
www.census.gov
Local Regional Analysis number (218) 723-4775
Labor Market Information: (651) 282-2714
Labor Information Web sites:
www.mnwfc.org/duluth

Population
Duluth city, Minnesota
Total Population 86,918 4,919,479
Male 48.3% 49.5%
Female 51.7% 50.5%
18 years and over 78.7% 73.8%
65 years and over 15.1% 12.1%
Married Persons 46.8% 56.3%
Single Persons 53.2% 43.7%

Median Age 		35.4 35.4
Average Family Size 2.90 3.09
Ethnicity
White 94.3% 90.8%
Black or African American 2.2% 4.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.4% 1.6%
Asian 1.4% 3.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other 0.5% 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 1.1% 2.9%