Traverse County, Minnesota

Traverse County is a located in the  of, founded in 1862. As of, the population is 4,134. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,518 (586 ). 1,487 km² (574 sq mi) of it is land and 31 km² (12 sq mi) of it (2.03%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,134 people, 1,717 households, and 1,129 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (7/sq mi). There were 2,199 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.42%, 0.02% or , 2.81% , 0.27% , 0.07% , 0.05% from , and 0.36% from two or more races. 1.21% of the population were or  of any race. 52.2% were of, 13.0% , 7.6% and 5.4%  ancestry according to.

There were 1,717 households out of which 28.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were living together, 6.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.20% were non-families. 32.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.97. In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 21.70% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 26.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,617, and the median income for a family was $39,655. Males had a median income of $29,821 versus $20,100 for females. The for the county was $16,378. About 9.30% of families and 12.00% of the population were below the, including 13.10% of those under age 18 and 10.80% of those age 65 or over.