Ramsey County, Minnesota

Ramsey County is a located in the  of, founded in 1849. As of 2000, the population was 511,035. Its is, which is also Minnesota's state capital. The county is named for, the first governor of the. It is the smallest county in Minnesota in terms of area.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 441 (170 ). 403 km² (156 sq mi) of it is land and 37 km² (14 sq mi) of it (8.44%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 511,035 people, 201,236 households, and 119,936 families residing in the county. The was 1,267/km² (3,281/sq mi). There were 206,448 housing units at an average density of 512/km² (1,325/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 77.37%, 7.61% or , 0.83% , 8.77% , 0.06% , 2.45% from , and 2.90% from two or more races. 5.28% of the population were or  of any race. 24.2% were of, 8.8% , 8.7% and 6.2%  ancestry according to. There were 201,236 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.00% were living together, 11.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.40% were non-families. 32.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 11.30% from 18 to 24, 30.70% from 25 to 44, 20.70% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $45,722, and the median income for a family was $57,747. Males had a median income of $39,806 versus $30,814 for females. The for the county was $23,536. About 7.40% of families and 10.60% of the population were below the, including 15.70% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.



County Commissioners
As of August 2006
 * District 1: Tony Bennett (chair)
 * District 2: Jan Parker
 * District 3: Janice Rettman
 * District 4: Toni Carter
 * District 5: Rafael Ortega
 * District 6: Jim McDonough
 * District 7: Victoria Reinhardt

Cities and towns
† Based in another county, but partially extending into Ramsey County. ‡ A small part of this city extends into.