• The median household income rose from $22,497 in 1990 to $32,845 in 2000.
  • The average one-way travel time for Minnesota workers increased 2.8 minutes, from 19.1 minutes in 1990 to nearly 22 minutes in 2000
  • People age 85 and older increased 21% in Winona County from 1990-2000.
  • Children younger than 5 decreased 12%, while the county population as a whole grew 4%. Children between ages 5 and 9 dropped 14 percent in the 1990s.
  • Overall Winona County's population increased 4.51 percent in the 1990s to 49,985.
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    Growth by a pen stroke

    Between 1990 and 2000, the city of Winona nearly doubled its land area, profoundly changing its prospects for the future. However, had it not been for eight sewage-soaked lots in Gilmore Valley, Winona would be facing a distinctly different future.