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State Information > Characteristics of the PAS workforce > Minnesota


Size and characteristics of the Minnesota PAS workforce, 2005-07
 Number of PAS workersPercent of PAS workers
 
Total21,000100.0
 
Gender
Male4,20020.2
Female16,80079.8
 
Average age (years)38.7 
 
Race/ethnicity 
White16,00076.0
African American3,90018.7
Asian/Pacific Islander400†1.8†
Native American7003.5
Latino/Hispanic400†1.7†
 
Birthplace 
United States, incl. territories17,60083.5
Other countries3,50016.5
 
Family income 
< Federal Poverty Level3,60017.1
< 200% Federal Poverty Level9,40044.5
 
Type of worker 
Home health or nursing aide9,20043.8
Personal or home care attendant10,70050.9
Other1,1005.3
 
Type of employment 
Self-employed1,5006.9
Works for employer19,60093.1
Full-time workers (≥35 hrs/week)9,90047.3
Steadily employed (≥50 weeks/yr)12,90061.5
 
Annual earnings
 
Worker typeMedian (2007 dollars)
All workers$14,200
Full-time year-round workers$21,600
 
Consumer-to-worker ratio
 
RegionNo. with ADL difficulty per PAS worker
Minnesota4.8
National average7.3


† Estimate has low statistical reliability (standard error is greater than 30% of estimate).
— Estimate is less than 50 people or 0.05 percent.



These estimates are based on an analysis conducted by the Center for Personal Assistance Services of a three-year combined sample of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. PAS workers were identified according to both their occupation and industry of employment ( for details, see Kaye, H. S., Chapman, S., Newcomer, R. J., & Harrington, C. (2006). The Personal Assistance Workforce: Trends in supply and demand. Health Affairs, 25(4), 1113-1120). Because many PAS workers may not report this work to the Census Bureau as their primary occupation, the statistics presented probably underestimate the true number of workers in each state.

The number of workers by race and ethnicity may add up to more than the total for two reasons:

  • people can identify multiple races, in which case they are listed in more than one category, and
  • people identifying as Latino/Hispanic are also listed in a racial category (for example, white or African American).
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