Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Lake of the Woods County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 4,522. Its is. The county contains the, the northernmost point of the States, and includes the U.S. portion of , shared with. The county also includes the of. Since has no counties (its territory is comprised entirely of boroughs, census areas, and a municipality), Lake of the Woods is the northernmost county in the United States, by definition.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,597 (1,775 ). 3,358 km² (1,297 sq mi) of it is land and 1,239 km² (478 sq mi) of it (26.95%) is water.

Major highways

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Neighbors

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,522 people, 1,903 households, and 1,267 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (4/sq mi). There were 3,238 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.21%, 0.29% or , 1.13% , 0.24% , 0.11% from , and 1.02% from two or more races. 0.64% of the population were or  of any race. 26.2% were of, 22.3% , 8.9% , 5.8% and 5.0%  ancestry according to.

There were 1,903 households out of which 29.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were living together, 5.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.40% were non-families. 29.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.93. In the county the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 27.20% from 45 to 64, and 17.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,861, and the median income for a family was $38,936. Males had a median income of $30,469 versus $24,813 for females. The for the county was $16,976. About 6.70% of families and 9.80% of the population were below the, including 8.30% of those under age 18 and 10.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
Although all the townships are named, as of 2001, there are no township governments. All the townships are officially part of unorganized territory.

† Most of Roosevelt is in, but according to the 2000 Census, 3 people live on the 0.1 sqkm that extends into Lake of the Woods.