Wright County, Minnesota

administration
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Buffalo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 10 2nd Street NW Buffalo, MN 55313-1100
Foundation :	February 20, 1855
Made up from:	Cass County Sibley County
Area code :	001 763
Demographics
Residents :	124,700 (2010)
Population density :	72.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1850 km²
Water surface :	139 km²
map

Website : www.co.wright.mn.us

The Wright County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 124,700 residents and a population density of 72.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Buffalo .

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

geography

The county is located in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, just southeast of the geographic center of Minnesota. The easternmost point of the county is formed by the confluence of the Crow River with the Mississippi . Wright County covers an area of 1,850 square kilometers, of which 139 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Stearns County		Sherburne County
Meeker County		Hennepin County
McLeod County		Carver County

history

S. Wright

Wright County was formed on February 20, 1855 from parts of Cass County and Sibley County. It was named after Silas Wright (1795-1847), a US politician and member of the US Congress .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	3729	-
1870	9457	153.6%
1880	18,104	91.4%
1890	24.164	33.5%
1900	29,157	20.7%
1910	28,082	-3.7%
1920	28,685	2.1%
1930	27,119	-5.5%
1940	27,550	1.6%
1950	27,716	0.6%
1960	29,935	8th %
1970	38,933	30.1%
1980	58,681	50.7%
1990	68.710	17.1%
2000	89,986	31%
2010	124,700	38.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Lake Maria State Park

Hawkins Clinic , listed on the NRHP

Eagle Newspaper Office , listed in the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , Wright County had 124,700 people in 44,683 households. The population density was 72.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.73 people lived in each of the 44,683 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

29.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 69,674 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,231. 5.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Wright County localities

Citys

Census-designated place (CDP)

Silver Creek

^{1 - partly in Stearns County

2 - partly in Hennepin County}

structure

In addition to the 17 cities, Wright County is divided into 18 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Albion Township	1255	27-00766
Buffalo Township	1804	27-08470
Chatham Township	1302	27-11062
Clearwater Township	1306	27-11818
Cokato Township	1311	27-12448
Corinna Township	2322	27-13222
Franklin Township	2760	27-22400
French Lake Township	1172	27-22760
Maple Lake Township	2048	27-40238

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Marysville Township	2147	27-40940
Middleville Township	937	27-41966
Monticello Township	3181	27-43792
Rockford Township	3194	27-55024
Silver Creek Township	2335	27-60340
Southside Township	1521	27-61510
Stockholm Township	959	27-62878
Victor Township	1032	27-67018
Woodland Township	1082	27-71554

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 659530. Retrieved on February 23, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Wright County, MN Retrieved February 27, 2013
^ ^A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved February 27, 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 : Wright County, Minnesota - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

45.18 -93.97Coordinates: 45 ° 11 ′ N , 93 ° 58 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 659530. Retrieved on February 23, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-2] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Wright County, MN Retrieved February 27, 2013

[naco-3] A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved February 27, 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