Cottonwood County

administration
The Cottonwood County Courthouse in Windom, listed on the NRHP since 1977
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Windom
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 900 3rd Avenue Windom, MN 56101-1627
Foundation :	May 23, 1857
Made up from:	Brown County
Area code :	001 507
Demographics
Residents :	11,687 (2010)
Population density :	7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1681 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

Website : www.co.cottonwood.mn.us

The Cottonwood County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 11,687 residents and a population density of 7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Windom , named after William Windom , a US senator .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Minnesota, about 45 km to the south from Iowa and about 70 km to the west from South Dakota . It has an area of 1681 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water.

In the far northeast, the county shares in the Cottonwood River , a tributary of the Minnesota River that flows into the Mississippi . The Des Moines River , which also flows into the Mississippi in Iowa, flows through the south of Cottonwood County .

The following neighboring counties border Cottonwood County:

	Redwood County	Brown County
Murray County		Watonwan County
Nobles County	Jackson County	Martin County

history

Cottonwood County was formed on May 23, 1857 from parts of Brown County. It was named after the Cottonwood River, which flows through the northeast of the county.

Five places in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of January 28, 2018.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	12	-
1870	534	4,350%
1880	5533	936.1%
1890	7412	34%
1900	12,069	62.8%
1910	12,651	4.8%
1920	14,570	15.2%
1930	14,782	1.5%
1940	16,143	9.2%
1950	15,763	-2.4%
1960	16,166	2.6%
1970	14,887	-7.9%
1980	14,854	-0.2%
1990	12,694	-14.5%
2000	12,167	-4.2%
2010	11,687	-3.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Cottonwood County had 11,687 people in 4,861 households. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.33 people in each of the 4861 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.6 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.8 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.6 percent of the population.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,111 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,028. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.