Lake of the Woods County

administration
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Baudette
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 206 SE 8th Avenue Baudette, MN 56623-0000
Foundation :	November 28, 1922
Made up from:	Beltrami County
Area code :	001 218
Demographics
Residents :	4045 (2010)
Population density :	1.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	4597 km²
Water surface :	1239 km²
map

Website : www.co.lake-of-the-woods.mn.us

The Lake of the Woods County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 the county had 4,045 residents and a population density of 1.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Baudette .

Parts of the Red Lake Reservation of the Ojibwe lie across Lake of the Woods County .

geography

The county is located in the far north of Minnesota on the Lake of the Woods and the Rainy River that flows into it and forms the border with Canada . It has an area of 4597 square kilometers, of which 1239 square kilometers are water. The county includes the so-called Northwest Angle , the only part of the USA outside of Alaska that is north of the 49th parallel. Since Alaska has no counties, Lake of the Woods County is the northernmost county in the United States. The following neighboring counties and districts border Lake of the Woods County:

Manitoba Province ( Canada )	Kenora District ( Ontario , Canada )
Roseau County		Rainy River District , ( Ontario , Canada )
	Beltrami County	Koochiching County

history

The Lake of the Woods County was formed on November 28, 1922 from parts of Beltrami County. It was named after the Lake of the Woods , which is the northern border.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1930	4194	-
1940	5975	42.5%
1950	4955	-17.1%
1960	4304	-13.1%
1970	3987	-7.4%
1980	3764	-5.6%
1990	4076	8.3%
2000	4522	10.9%
2010	4045	-10.5%
1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , the Lake of the Woods County had 4,045 people in 1,728 households. The population density was 1.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in 1728 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

19.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,523 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,999. 15.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Lake of the Woods County

Citys

Census-designated place (CDP)

Angle inlet

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Roseau County}

structure

The Lake of the Woods County is divided into 23 townships in addition to the three cities :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Angle Township	119	27-01550
Baudette Township	345	27-04027
Boone Township	36	27-06966
Chilgren Township	182	27-11322
Forest Area Township	5	27-21690
Gudrid Township	219	27-26250
Kiel Township	1	27-33048
Lakewood Township	85	27-35208

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
McDougald Township	225	27-38988
Myhre Township	180	27-44887
Potamo Township	107	27-52208
Prosper Township	164	27-52672
Rapid River Township	12	27-53212
Rulien Township	0	27-56238
Spooner Township	190	27-61726
Swiftwater Township	60	27-63945

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Township 157-30	1	27-65298
Township 158-30	36	27-65300
Victory Township	7th	27-67044
Wabanica Township	237	27-67368
Walhalla Township	131	27-67782
Wheeler Township	281	27-69849
Zippel Township	118	27-72264

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 659483. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Lake of the Woods County, MN ( July 13, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved May 10, 2013
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved May 10, 2013
↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

Commons : Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

48.77 -94.9Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ' N , 94 ° 54' W

[1] GNIS-ID: 659483. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-2] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Lake of the Woods County, MN ( July 13, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved May 10, 2013

[naco-3] National Association of Counties.Retrieved May 10, 2013

[4] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011

[5] Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020