Big Stone County, Minnesota

Big Stone County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 5,820. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,367 (528 ). 1,287 km² (497 sq mi) of it is land and 80 km² (31 sq mi) of it (5.86%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:MN-28.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 5,820 people, 2,377 households, and 1,611 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (12/sq mi). There were 3,171 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.44%, 0.17% or , 0.52% , 0.41% , 0.12% from , and 0.34% from two or more races. 0.34% of the population were or  of any race. 45.7% were of, 21.0% , 8.0% and 6.3%  ancestry according to.

There were 2,377 households out of which 29.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.60% were living together, 5.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.20% were non-families. 30.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 5.30% from 18 to 24, 21.90% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 24.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 94.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,721, and the median income for a family was $37,354. Males had a median income of $27,857 versus $20,123 for females. The for the county was $15,708. About 7.80% of families and 12.00% of the population were below the, including 14.50% of those under age 18 and 8.80% of those age 65 or over. ''On ePodunk : Big Stone County	& [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=20858 Big Stone Cty. ancestry] :'' German - 40%; Norwegian - 20%; Swedish - 9% (2000)