Lincoln County, Minnesota

administration
Lincoln County Courthouse
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Ivanhoe
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 29 Ivanhoe, MN 56142-0029
Foundation :	November 4, 1873
Made up from:	Lyon County
Area code :	001 507
Demographics
Residents :	5896 (2010)
Population density :	4.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1420 km²
Water surface :	30 km²
map

Website : www.co.lincoln.mn.us

The Lincoln County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 5,896 people and a population density of 4.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ivanhoe .

geography

The county is located in southwest Minnesota and borders South Dakota to the west . It has an area of 1420 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Lincoln County:

Deuel County, South Dakota	Yellow Medicine County
Brookings County, South Dakota		Lyon County
	Pipestone County

history

Lincoln

Lincoln County was formed on November 4, 1873 from parts of Lyon County. It was named after Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the 16th President (1861-1865) of the United States.

Eight structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 29, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	2945	-
1890	5691	93.2%
1900	8966	57.5%
1910	9874	10.1%
1920	11,268	14.1%
1930	11.303	0.3%
1940	10,797	-4.5%
1950	10.150	-6%
1960	9651	-4.9%
1970	8143	-15.6%
1980	8207	0.8%
1990	6890	-16%
2000	6429	-6.7%
2010	5896	-8.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Ernst Osbeck House , listed in the NRHP

The Tyler Public School , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , Lincoln County had 5,896 people in 2,570 households. The population density was 4.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 2570 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 46,270 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,570. 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.