Stevens County, Minnesota

administration
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Morris
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 400 Colorado Avenue Morris, MN 56267-1235
Foundation :	February 20, 1862
Made up from:	Pierce County Indian Land
Area code :	001 320
Demographics
Residents :	9726 (2010)
Population density :	6.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1490 km²
Water surface :	34 km²
map

Website : www.co.stevens.mn.us

The Stevens County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 9,726 people and a population density of 6.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Morris .

geography

The county is located in a lake-rich landscape in western Minnesota, around 50 km southeast of the intersection of the states of North Dakota , South Dakota and Minnesota. It has an area of 1490 square kilometers, of which 34 square kilometers are water. The county is traversed from north to south by the Pomme de Terre River , a left tributary of the Minnesota River that flows into the Mississippi . The following neighboring counties border Stevens County:

Traverse County	Grant County	Douglas County
		Pope County
Big Stone County	Swift County

history

Stevens

Stevens County was formed on February 20, 1862 from parts of Pierce County and Indian Land, which only existed in Wisconsin. It was named after Isaac Ingalls Stevens , the first governor of the Washington Territory and Brigadier General of the Union Army during the American Civil War .

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	174	-
1880	3911	2,147.7%
1890	5251	34.3%
1900	8721	66.1%
1910	8293	-4.9%
1920	9778	17.9%
1930	10.185	4.2%
1940	11,039	8.4%
1950	11,106	0.6%
1960	11,262	1.4%
1970	11,218	-0.4%
1980	11,322	0.9%
1990	10,634	-6.1%
2000	10,053	-5.5%
2010	9726	-3.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Stevens County's 9,726 people were living in 3,739 households. The population density was 6.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 3739 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.4 percent white, 1.6 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 1.7 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 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

20.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,712 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,855. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Stevens County localities

Citys

structure

In addition to the five cities, Stevens County is divided into 16 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Baker Township	114	27-03232
Darnen Township	292	27-14824
Donnelly Township	100	27-16102
Eldorado Township	94	27-18494
Everglade Township	108	27-19970
Framnas Township	305	27-22274
Hodges Township	277	27-29438
Horton Township	174	27-30212

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Moore Township	243	27-43846
Morris Township	396	27-44260
Pepperton Township	134	27-50380
Rendsville Township	161	27-53818
Scott Township	144	27-59044
Stevens Township	77	27-62752
Swan Lake Township	194	27-63724
Synnes Township	118	27-63976

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 659519. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Stevens County, MN Retrieved June 24, 2013
^ ^A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved June 24, 2013
^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

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[1] GNIS-ID: 659519. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-2] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Stevens County, MN Retrieved June 24, 2013

[naco-3] A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved June 24, 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