Scott County, Minnesota

administration
Scott County Government Center
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Shakopee
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 Fourth Avenue West Shakopee, MN 55379-1220
Foundation :	March 5, 1853
Made up from:	Dakota County
Area code :	001 952
Demographics
Residents :	129,928 (2010)
Population density :	140.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	955 km²
Water surface :	31 km²
map

Website : www.co.scott.mn.us

The Scott County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 129,928 residents and a population density of 140.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Shakopee .

Scott County is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in central southeast Minnesota on the south bank of the Minnesota River and in the southern suburbs of Minneapolis . It has an area of 955 square kilometers, of which 31 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Scott County:

Carver County	Hennepin County
Sibley County		Dakota County
Le Sueur County		Rice County

history

Winfield Scott

Scott County was formed on March 5, 1853 from parts of Dakota County. It was named after Winfield Scott (1786–1866), a US general who drafted the Anaconda Plan to defeat the Confederates during the American Civil War .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	4595	-
1870	11,042	140.3%
1880	13,516	22.4%
1890	13,831	2.3%
1900	15,147	9.5%
1910	14,888	-1.7%
1920	14,245	-4.3%
1930	14,116	-0.9%
1940	15,585	10.4%
1950	16,486	5.8%
1960	21,909	32.9%
1970	32,423	48%
1980	43,784	35%
1990	57,846	32.1%
2000	89,498	54.7%
2010	129,928	45.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Julius A. Coller House , listed on the NRHP

Jordan Brewery Ruins , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , Scott County had 129,928 people in 44,593 households. The population density was 140.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.86 people lived in each of the 44,593 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.3 percent white, 2.8 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 5.9 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.6 percent of the population.

29.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 83,415 USD . The per capita income was $ 34,532. 5.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Scott County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

Indian reservation

Shakopee Mdewakanton Reservation

^{1 - partly in Le Sueur County}

structure

In addition to the seven cities, Scott County is divided into eleven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Belle Plaine Township	878	27-04852
Blakeley Township	418	27-06418
Cedar Lake Township	2779	27-10450
Credit River Township	5096	27-13726
Helena Township	1648	27-28322
Jackson Township	1464	27-31580
Louisville Township	1266	27-38294
New Market Township	3440	27-45754
St. Lawrence Township	483	27-57184
Sand Creek Township	1521	27-58324
Spring Lake Township	3631	27-61978

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 659514. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Scott County, MN. Retrieved January 30, 2013
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 30, 2013
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

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

47.58 -92.46Coordinates: 47 ° 35 ′ N , 92 ° 28 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 659514. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-2] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Scott County, MN. Retrieved January 30, 2013

[naco-3] National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 30, 2013

[4] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011

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

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