Yellow Medicine County

administration
The Yellow Medicine County Courthouse in Granite Falls
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Granite Falls
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 415 9th Avenue Granite Falls, MN 56241-1372
Foundation :	November 7, 1871
Made up from:	Redwood County
Area code :	001 320
Demographics
Residents :	10,438 (2010)
Population density :	5.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1977 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.co.ym.mn.gov

The Yellow Medicine County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 10,438 residents and a population density of 5.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Granite Falls .

In the east of the county is the Upper Sioux Indian Reservation .

geography

The Yellow Medicine River

The county is located in southwest Minnesota, borders South Dakota to the west and is bounded by the Minnesota River to the east. The Yellow Medicine River flows into this south of Granite Falls .

It has an area of 1977 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water.

The following neighboring counties border Yellow Medicine County:

	Lac qui Parle County	Chippewa County
Deuel County, South Dakota		Renville County
Lincoln County	Lyon County	Redwood County

history

Yellow Medicine County was formed on November 7, 1871 from parts of Redwood County. It was named after the Yellow Medicine River that flows through the county.

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Andrew John Volstead House . Seven 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%
1880	5884	-
1890	9854	67.5%
1900	14,602	48.2%
1910	15,406	5.5%
1920	16,550	7.4%
1930	16,625	0.5%
1940	16,917	1.8%
1950	16,279	-3.8%
1960	15,523	-4.6%
1970	14,418	-7.1%
1980	13,653	-5.3%
1990	11,684	-14.4%
2000	11,080	-5.2%
2010	10,438	-5.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Yellow Medicine County had 10,438 people in 4,157 households. The population density was 5.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in each of the 4,157 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 3.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 50,740 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,718. 13.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.