Lake County, Minnesota

Lake County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 11,058. Its is. Lake County was founded on 2/20/1855 as Superior County and immediately had its name changed couple of weeks later on 3/3/1855 to St. Louis County. A year later on 3/1/1856, St. Louis County became Lake County while Newton County to the west was renamed.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 7,746 (2,991 ). 5,437 km² (2,099 sq mi) of it is land and 2,309 km² (892 sq mi) of it (29.81%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 11,058 people, 4,646 households, and 3,140 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 6,840 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.99%, 0.10% or , 0.70% , 0.18% , 0.01% , 0.14% from , and 0.88% from two or more races. 0.57% of the population were or  of any race. 22.3% were of, 17.8% , 14.3% , 8.4% , 6.3% and 5.4%  ancestry.

There were 4,646 households out of which 27.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% were living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.83. In the county the population was spread out with 22.30% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 24.50% from 25 to 44, 26.70% from 45 to 64, and 20.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,402, and the median income for a family was $46,980. Males had a median income of $39,719 versus $26,500 for females. The for the county was $19,761. About 5.50% of families and 7.40% of the population were below the, including 9.40% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over.