Mahnomen County

administration
The Mahnomen County Courthouse in Mahnomen, listed on the NRHP since 1984
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Reminders
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 379 Mahnomen, MN 56557-0379
Foundation :	December 27, 1906
Made up from:	Norman County
Area code :	001 218
Demographics
Residents :	5413 (2010)
Population density :	3.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1510 km²
Water surface :	70 km²
map

Website : www.co.mahnomen.mn.us

The Mahnomen County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 5,413 people and a population density of 3.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mahnomen .

The entire county is within the White Earth Indian Reservation of Anishinabe .

geography

The county is located in central northwest Minnesota and about 50 miles to the west from North Dakota . It has an area of 1510 square kilometers, of which 70 square kilometers are water.

The Wild Rice River , a right tributary of the Red River of the North, flows through the county from east to west .

The following neighboring counties border Mahnomen County:

	Polk County
Norman County		Clearwater County
	Becker County

history

Mahnomen County was formed on December 27, 1906 from parts of Norman County. It was named after the Indian word for wild rice .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	3249	-
1920	6197	90.7%
1930	6153	-0.7%
1940	8054	30.9%
1950	7059	-12.4%
1960	6341	-10.2%
1970	5638	-11.1%
1980	5535	-1.8%
1990	5044	-8.9%
2000	5190	2.9%
2010	5413	4.3%
1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , there were 5,413 people in 2007 households in Mahnomen County. The population density was 3.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2007 households there were statistically 2.65 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 50.6 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 40.0 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 8.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

29.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,385 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,533. 26.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Mahnomen County

Citys

Census-designated places (CDP)

^{1 - partially in Clearwater County}

structure

Mahnomen County is divided into 16 townships in addition to the three cities:

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Beaulieu Township	108	27-04366
Bejou Township	79	27-04690
Chief Township	96	27-11314
Clover Township	121	27-12250
Gregory Township	74	27-25946
Heier Township	143	27-28232
Island Lake Township	233	27-31418
La Garde Township	162	27-33956

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Lake Grove Township	189	27-34424
Little Elbow Township	259	27-37530
Marsh Creek Township	152	27-40742
Oakland Township	295	27-47806
Pembina Township	707	27-50218
Popple Grove Township	139	27-52054
Rosedale Township	135	27-55618
Twin Lakes Township	818	27-65929

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 84001488. Retrieved January 10, 2019
↑ GNIS-ID: 659488. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Mahnomen County, MN ( July 14, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved May 16, 2013
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved May 16, 2013
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

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

44.83 -94.27Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′ N , 94 ° 16 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 84001488. Retrieved January 10, 2019

[2] GNIS-ID: 659488. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-3] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Mahnomen County, MN ( July 14, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved May 16, 2013

[naco-4] National Association of Counties.Retrieved May 16, 2013

[5] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011

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