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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 56.82
The average living wage for the state of Minnesota is $32.96/hr, while the states minimum wage is $10.08/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Minnesota a minimum wage score of 45.37 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $10.08/hr, which gives Minnesota a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Minnesota is $201.6, resulting in a UI benefit score of 34.22 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 45.24

✓ Minnesota does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Minnesota does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Minnesota does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Minnesota does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Minnesota does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Minnesota does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Minnesota does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Minnesota does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Minnesota does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Minnesota does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Minnesota does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Minnesota does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Minnesota does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Minnesota does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 90

✓ Minnesota does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Minnesota does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Minnesota does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Minnesota does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Minnesota does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Minnesota does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Carver County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 9.52% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 51.25%
Democratic: 46.37%
Libertarian: 1.24%
Other: 0.93%
Green: 0.21%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 55368, 55397
Latitude : 44.738800
Longitude : -93.909578
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 990 ft.
Area Code(s) : 952

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.56
Male Population Estimate : 46.44%
Female Population Estimate : 46.31%
Median Age : 39.1
Male Median Age : 38.7
Female Median Age : 39.6

White Population Estimate : 89.93%
Black Population Estimate : 0.59%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 3.08%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.77%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.06%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.36%
Other Population Estimate : 2.00%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Norwood Young America specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Carver County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Carver County: About 62 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Carver County is about 78% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.