Mower County

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The Mower County Courthouse in Austin
The Mower County Courthouse in Austin
administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Austin
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
201 1st Street, NE
Austin, MN 55912-3405
Foundation : February 20, 1855
Made up from: Rice County
Area code : 001 507
Demographics
Residents : 39,163  (2010)
Population density : 21.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1843 km²
Water surface : 1 km²
map
Map of Mower County within Minnesota
Website : www.co.mower.mn.us

The Mower County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 39,163 people and a population density of 21.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Austin .

geography

Cedar River

The county is located in southeast Minnesota and borders Iowa . It has an area of ​​1843 square kilometers, of which one square kilometer is water. The county is traversed from north to south by the Cedar River , a tributary of the Iowa River that flows into the Mississippi . The following neighboring counties border Mower County:

Steele County Dodge County Olmsted County
Freeborn County Compass card (de) .svg Fillmore County
Worth County,
Iowa 		Mitchell County,
Iowa 		Howard County,
Iowa

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1860 3217 -
1870 10,447 224.7%
1880 16,799 60.8%
1890 18,019 7.3%
1900 22,335 24%
1910 22,640 1.4%
1920 25,993 14.8%
1930 28,065 8th %
1940 36,113 28.7%
1950 42,277 17.1%
1960 48,498 14.7%
1970 43,783 -9.7%
1980 40,390 -7.7%
1990 37,385 -7.4%
2000 38,603 3.3%
2010 39.163 1.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Mower County was formed on February 20, 1855 from parts of Rice County. It was named after John Edward Mower (1815-1879), a member of the Board of Minnesota  -  territory in the 1850s.

Historical objects

  • LeRoy Public Library

  • Paramount Theater in Austin

Other historical objects:

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Mower County had 39,163 people in 16,042 households. The population density was 21.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.39 people each in the 16,042 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.6 percent white, 2.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 1.9 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 11.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 45,596  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,170. 15.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in Mower County

Citys

Census-designated place (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

1 - partially in Freeborn County

structure

In addition to the 14 cities, Mower County is divided into 20 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Adams Township 452    27-00208
Austin Township 1004    27-02926
Bennington Township 169    27-05176
Clayton Township 158    27-11728
Dexter Township 310    27-15904
Frankford Township 371    27-22328
Grand Meadow Township 306    27-25028
Lansing Township 941    27-35576
Le Roy Township 354    27-36638
Lodi Township 270    27-37808
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Lyle Township 356    27-38672
Marshall Township 361    27-40706
Nevada Township 338    27-45322
Pleasant Valley Township 304    27-51640
Racine Township 455    27-52900
Red Rock Township 747    27-53584
Sargeant Township 310    27-58594
Udolpho Township 448    27-66118
Waltham Township 339    27-67936
Windom Township 606    27-70816

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 659495. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Mower County, MN ( July 15, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved January 25, 2013
  3. ↑ a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 25, 2013
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

Commons : Mower County, Minnesota  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′  N , 92 ° 45 ′  W