Ramsey County, Minnesota

administration
Ramsey City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1983
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Saint Paul
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 15 W Kellogg Blvd. Saint Paul, MN 55102-1614
Foundation :	October 27, 1849
Made up from:	St. Croix County
Area code :	001 651
Demographics
Residents :	508,640 (2010)
Population density :	1259 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	441 km²
Water surface :	37 km²
map

Website : www.ramseycounty.us

The Ramsey County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 508,640 residents and a population density of 1,259 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Saint Paul .

Ramsey County is located in the center of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in southeast Minnesota, about 35 km to the east from Wisconsin . It has an area of 441 square kilometers, of which 37 square kilometers are water. In the far southeast of the county, the Minnesota River flows into the Mississippi .

The following neighboring counties border Ramsey County:

	Anoka County
Hennepin County		Washington County
	Dakota County

history

Alexander Ramsey

The Ramsey County was from parts of the only in the October 27, 1849 Wisconsin existing St. Croix County formed. It was named after Alexander Ramsey (1815–1903), the second governor of Minnesota (1860–1863) and US Secretary of War (1879–1881).

Three locations in Ramsey County have National Historic Landmark status , Frank B. Kellogg House , James J. Hill House, and F. Scott Fitzgerald House . A total of 111 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 31, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2227	-
1860	12,150	445.6%
1870	23,085	90%
1880	45,890	98.8%
1890	139,796	204.6%
1900	170,554	22%
1910	223,675	31.1%
1920	244,554	9.3%
1930	286,721	17.2%
1940	309.935	8.1%
1950	355.332	14.6%
1960	422.525	18.9%
1970	476.255	12.7%
1980	459.784	-3.5%
1990	485.765	5.7%
2000	511.035	5.2%
2010	508,640	-0.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Mendota Road Bridge , listed on the NRHP

Wabasha Street Bridge over the Mississippi River , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , Ramsey County had 508,640 people in 204,342 households. The population density was 1259 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.4 people lived in each of the 204,342 households.

The racial the population was composed of 72.6 percent white, 11.2 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 12.0 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 3.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.2 percent of the population.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 52,713 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,437. 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.