Wabasha County

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administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Wabasha
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
625 Jefferson Avenue
Wabasha, MN 55981-1529
Foundation : October 27, 1849
Made up from: "free" territory
Area code : 001 651
Demographics
Residents : 21,676  (2010)
Population density : 15.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1424 km²
Water surface : 64 km²
map
Map of Wabasha County within Minnesota

The Wabasha County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 21,676 residents and a population density of 15.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Wabasha .

geography

The county is located in southeast Minnesota at the confluence of the Zumbro River with the Mississippi , which forms the border with Wisconsin . It has an area of ​​1424 square kilometers, of which 64 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Wabasha County:



Goodhue County
Pepin County,
Wisconsin
Compass card (de) .svg Buffalo County,
Wisconsin
Olmsted County Winona County

history

The Wabasha County was formed on October 27, 1849 from designated as free - but actually populated by Indians - territory. It was named after three Sioux chiefs of the same name .

26 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 243 -
1860 7228 2,874.5%
1870 15,859 119.4%
1880 18,206 14.8%
1890 16,972 -6.8%
1900 18,924 11.5%
1910 18,554 -2%
1920 17,919 -3.4%
1930 17,613 -1.7%
1940 17,653 0.2%
1950 16,878 -4.4%
1960 17.007 0.8%
1970 17,224 1.3%
1980 19,335 12.3%
1990 19,744 2.1%
2000 21,610 9.5%
2010 21,676 0.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010
The county jail
The Lake Pepin near Lake City

According to the 2010 census , Wabasha County had 21,676 people in 8,751 households. The population density was 15.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in each of the 8,751 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.7 percent of the population.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 52,346  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,339. 7.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Wabasha County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Goodhue County
2 - partly in Winona County

structure

In addition to the eleven cities, Wabasha County is divided into 17 townships :

Township Population
(2010)
FIPS
Chester Township 455    27-11242
Elgin Township 733    27-18548
Gillford Township 572    27-23786
Glasgow Township 247    27-23894
Greenfield Township 1349    27-25640
Highland Township 462    27-28952
Hyde Park Township 286    27-30680
Lake Township 442    27-34028
Mazeppa Township 717    27-41300
Township Population
(2010)
FIPS
Minneiska Township 185    27-43054
Mount Pleasant Township 447    27-44620
Oakwood Township 405    27-48022
Pepin Township 378    27-50362
Plainview Township 443    27-51442
Watopa Township 247    27-68638
West Albany Township 398    27-69178
Zumbro Township 722    27-72292
 

See also

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 659523. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Wabasha County, MN ( September 19, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive ), Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  3. a b National Association of Counties , Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  4. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 31, 2018.
  5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing , Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  6. Excerpt from Census.gov , accessed on February 18, 2011.
  7. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

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

Coordinates: 44 ° 17 ′  N , 92 ° 14 ′  W