Kossuth County

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The Kossuth County Courthouse in Algona
The Kossuth County Courthouse in Algona
administration
US state : Iowa
Administrative headquarters : Algona
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
114 West State Street
Algona, IA 50511-2613
Foundation : January 15, 1851
Made up from: Webster County
Area code : 001 515
Demographics
Residents : 15,543  (2010)
Population density : 6.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2524 km²
Water surface : 4 km²
map
Map of Kossuth County within Iowa
Website : www.co.kossuth.ia.us

The Kossuth County is a county in the US state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 15,543 people and a population density of 6.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Algona .

geography

The county is located in the far north of Iowa, bordering Minnesota, and has an area of ​​2,524 square kilometers, including four square kilometers of water. This makes it the largest county in the state by area. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Martin County, Minnesota Faribault County, Minnesota
Emmet County
Palo Alto County
Compass card (de) .svg Winnebago County
Hancock County
Pocahontas County Humboldt County Wright County

history

Lajos Kossuth

Kossuth County was formed on January 15, 1851 from former parts of Webster County. It was named after Lajos Kossuth , a Hungarian patriot who went into exile from Hungary against Austria to America after the fight for freedom .

When Bancroft County was dissolved in 1855 , Kossuth County expanded considerably and has since bordered northern Minnesota.

5 of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 416 -
1870 3351 705.5%
1880 6178 84.4%
1890 13,120 112.4%
1900 22,720 73.2%
1910 21,971 -3.3%
1920 25,082 14.2%
1930 25,452 1.5%
1940 26,630 4.6%
1950 26,241 -1.5%
1960 25,314 -3.5%
1970 22,937 -9.4%
1980 21,891 -4.6%
1990 18,591 -15.1%
2000 17.163 -7.7%
2010 15,543 -9.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

As of the 2010 census , there were 15,543 people in 6,775 households in Kossuth County. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 6,775 households.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,812  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,338. 10.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Kossuth County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Humboldt County
2 - partly in Palo Alto County

structure

Kossuth County is divided into 28 townships :

The city of Algona does not belong to any township.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kossuth County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 26, 2011
  2. ^ National Association of Counties. Retrieved January 11, 2012
  3. Past 2 Present ( Memento from February 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved January 11, 2011
  4. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2017.
  5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
  7. a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Kossuth County, IA ( July 13, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved January 11, 2012
  8. 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Kossuth County, Iowa  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′  N , 94 ° 12 ′  W