Category: Our Research Reports

In May 2001 the State Demographic Center issued a widely disseminated report that clearly documented a virtual doubling between 1990 and 2000 of the number of Minnesotans who identified themselves as either nonwhite or Hispanic (McMurry, 2001). Further, the report went on to document that the number of Minnesotans who identified themselves as Hispanic increased ...

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Our statewide estimate at the end of 2005 is that 1,379,570 or 68.0 percent of all Minnesota households currently possess at least one working computer; 1,208,526 or 59.6 percent of all Minnesota households currently maintain a home Internet connection; and 737,397 or 36.4 percent of all Minnesota households connect to the Internet from home using ...

In our first issue of the Rural Minnesota Journal, and in every issue after, we worked to bring readers information and analysis from the state’s top thinkers on the issues concerning Greater Minnesota and its residents. Issue 1 is an introduction to the broad issues and ways to think about them. RMJ: Volume 1, Issue ...

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In 2004, growth in the overall number of rural households that reported owning a home computer or have Internet connectivity appears to be flat, while growth among those households switching from a dial-up Internet service to a broadband service seems to be quite robust. Based upon these findings we are now estimating that one third ...