Wilkin County, Minnesota

Wilkin County is a located in the  of. It was originally established as Toombs County on March 8, 1858, named after (1810-85) of Georgia, who had been a member of Congress, 1845-53, and was U.S. senator, 1853-61. Mr. Toombs became a leading disunionist, then a Confederate secretary of state in 1861, and later was a Confederate general. In 1863, the county was renamed Andy Johnson County after President and to disassociate with Mr. Toombs. The county again changed its name to Wilkin County in March 6, 1868.

Toombs County was formed from. It is the parental county for, and now are parts of , , , , and  Counties. As of, the population of Wilkin County is 7,138. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,947 (752 ). 1,946 km² (751 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.03%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,138 people, 2,752 households, and 1,926 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 3,105 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.77%, 0.15% or , 0.42% , 0.15% , 0.01% , 0.49% from , and 0.99% from two or more races. 1.54% of the population were or  of any race. 41.8% were of and 29.2%  ancestry according to. There were 2,752 households out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.5% were living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,093, and the median income for a family was $46,220. Males had a median income of $31,273 versus $20,925 for females. The for the county was $16,873. About 6.2% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the, including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† Rothsay is located in both Wilkin County and.

External link

 * Wilkin County government’s website