Chisago County, Minnesota

Chisago County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 41,101. Its is.

History
Chisago County is, like many other counties in Minnesota, strongly influenced by the Swedish immigrants that settled there in the middle of the. It was here made his research for his  suite in the. His fictional characters Karl-Oskar and Kristina Nilsson from parish in  settled around the Lake Ki-Chi-Saga (from the  Ki-chi-saga-igun (Gichi-zaaga'igan in the contemporary spelling) meaning "Big Lake-with-an-outlet," which was later shortened to ). The heritage of the early settlers is still honoured by the annual in.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,146 (442 ). 1,082 km² (418 sq mi) of it is land and 64 km² (25 sq mi) of it (5.62%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 41,101 people, 14,454 households, and 11,086 families residing in the county. The was 38/km² (98/sq mi). There were 15,533 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (37/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.21%, 0.51% or , 0.45% , 0.70% , 0.03% , 0.31% from , and 0.80% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population were or  of any race. 31.3% were of, 18.1% , 11.3% and 6.9%  ancestry according to.

There were 14,454 households out of which 41.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.50% were living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.30% were non-families. 18.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the county the population was spread out with 30.20% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 32.20% from 25 to 44, 20.70% from 45 to 64, and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 103.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $52,012, and the median income for a family was $57,335. Males had a median income of $40,743 versus $27,653 for females. The for the county was $21,013. About 3.20% of families and 5.10% of the population were below the, including 5.40% of those under age 18 and 8.00% of those age 65 or over.