Winona County

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Winona County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 70000313 [1]
Winona County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 70000313
administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Winona
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
171 West 3rd Street
Winona, MN 55987-3129
Foundation : April 4, 1854
Made up from: Fillmore County
Wabasha County
Area code : 001 507
Demographics
Residents : 51,461  (2010)
Population density : 31.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1662 km²
Water surface : 40 km²
map
Map of Winona County within Minnesota
Website : www.co.winona.mn.us

The Winona County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 the county had 51,461 residents and a population density of 31.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Winona .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southeast of Minnesota and borders in the northeast with Wisconsin , whose border is formed by the Mississippi . It has an area of ​​1662 square kilometers, of which 40 square kilometers are water. The northwest of the county is traversed by the Whitewater River , a right tributary of the Mississippi. The following neighboring counties border Winona County:

Wabasha County Buffalo County,
Wisconsin 		Trempealeau County,
Wisconsin
Olmsted County Compass card (de) .svg La Crosse County,
Wisconsin
Fillmore County Houston County

Protected areas

Within Winona County, there are the following national or state-run protected areas:

  • John A. Latsch State Park

  • Kings and Quenns Bluffs in Great River Bluffs State Park

  • Whitewater State Park

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1860 9208 -
1870 22,319 142.4%
1880 27.197 21.9%
1890 33,797 24.3%
1900 35,686 5.6%
1910 33,398 -6.4%
1920 33,653 0.8%
1930 35,144 4.4%
1940 37,795 7.5%
1950 39,841 5.4%
1960 40,937 2.8%
1970 44,409 8.5%
1980 46,256 4.2%
1990 47,828 3.4%
2000 49,985 4.5%
2010 51,461 3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Winona County was formed on April 4, 1854 from parts of Fillmore County and Wabasha County. It was named after the Indian expression for first-born daughter or after the cousin of the last three chiefs of the Dakota called Winona.

44 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 31, 2018).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Winona County had 51,461 people in 19,292 households. The population density was 31.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.45 people each in the 19,292 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 2.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

18.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,848  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,327. 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Winona County localities

Citys

Census-designated place (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Houston County
2 - partly in Wabasha County

structure

The Winona County is divided into 19 townships in addition to the 13 cities :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Dresbach Township 456    27-16408
Elba Township 311    27-18404
Fremont Township 355    27-22688
Hart Township 357    27-27350
Hillsdale Township 912    27-29222
Homer Township 1356    27-30032
Mount Vernon Township 273    27-44656
New Hartford Township 890    27-45592
Norton Township 490    27-47374
Pleasant Hill Township 531    27-51568
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Richmond Township 699    27-54286
Rollingstone Township 701    27-55294
St. Charles Township 629    27-56806
Saratoga Township 618    27-58558
Utica Township 639    27-66442
Warren Township 651    27-68188
Whitewater Township 198    27-70168
Wilson Township 1177    27-70690
Wiscoy Township 361    27-71230
 

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 659529. Retrieved on February 23, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Winona County, MN. Retrieved January 27, 2013
  4. ↑ a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 27, 2013
  5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  7. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 31, 2018.
  8. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

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

Coordinates: 43 ° 59 ′  N , 91 ° 46 ′  W