Carver County

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administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Chaska
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
600 East 4th Street
Chaska, MN 55318-2102
Foundation : February 20, 1855
Made up from: Hennepin County
Sibley County
Area code : 001 952
Demographics
Residents : 91,042  (2010)
Population density : 98.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 974 km²
Water surface : 49 km²
map
Map of Carver County within Minnesota
Website : www.co.carver.mn.us

The Carver County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 91,042 residents and a population density of 98.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Chaska .

Carver County is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area .

geography

Lake Waconia
Map of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

The county is located in the southwestern suburb of Minneapolis in south-central Minnesota. It has an area of ​​974 square kilometers, of which 49 square kilometers are water.

The southeastern border of the county is formed by the Minnesota River , which flows into the Mississippi on the southern outskirts of Minnesota's capital Saint Paul . The southern arm of the Crow River , which also flows into the Mississippi above Minneapolis, runs through the middle of the county .

The county is located in a landscape rich in lakes. In the north it shares in Lake Minnetonka . The largest lake that is entirely within Carver County is Lake Waconia .

In the southeast, Carver County is part of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge , a nature reserve along the Minnesota River.

The following neighboring counties border Carver County:

Wright County Hennepin County
McLeod County Compass card (de) .svg
Sibley County Scott County

history

J. Carver
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1860 5106 -
1870 11,586 126.9%
1880 14,140 22%
1890 16,532 16.9%
1900 17,544 6.1%
1910 17,455 -0.5%
1920 16,946 -2.9%
1930 16,936 -0.1%
1940 17.606 4%
1950 18,155 3.1%
1960 21,358 17.6%
1970 28,331 32.6%
1980 37,046 30.8%
1990 47,915 29.3%
2000 70.205 46.5%
2010 91,042 29.7%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Carver County was formed on February 20, 1855 from parts of Hennepin County and Sibley County. It was named after Jonathan Carver , an explorer of the American continent.

34 buildings and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 28, 2018).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Carver County had 91,042 people in 32,715 households. The population density was 98.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.72 people lived in each of the 32,715 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.0 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

29.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 82,710  USD . The per capita income was $ 36,807. 5.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Carver County

All towns in Carver County have the status " City "

1 - partly in Hennepin County

structure

In addition to the eleven cities, Carver County is divided into 10 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Benton Township 786    27-05266
Camden Township 922    27-09406
Dahlgren Township 1331    27-14482
Hancock Township 345    27-26918
Hollywood Township 1041    27-29726
Laketown Township 2243    27-35108
San Francisco Township 832    27-58486
Waconia Township 1228    27-67450
Watertown Township 1204    27-68566
Young America Township 715    27-72130

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 659455. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Carver County, MN. Retrieved February 11, 2013
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved February 11, 2013
  4. ^ University of Virginia Library - Historical Census Browser. Retrieved July 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  6. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 28, 2018.
  7. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

Commons : Carver County, Minnesota  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′  N , 93 ° 48 ′  W