Redwood County, Minnesota

Redwood County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,815. Its is. The is entirely within the county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,282 (881 ). 2,278 km² (880 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.17%) is water. The flows through the county to the.

Lakes

 * Daubs Lake: in
 * Gales Lake: mostly in, but the northern part is in
 * Long Lake: in
 * Three Lakes: in
 * Tiger Lake: in
 * Lake Redwood: in, Redwood Township,

Adjacent counties

 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,815 people, 6,674 households, and 4,524 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (19/sq mi). There were 7,230 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.97%, 0.13% or , 3.24% , 0.32% , 0.07% , 0.43% from , and 0.85% from two or more races. 1.14% of the population were or  of any race. 55.8% were of and 13.7%  ancestry according to.

There were 6,674 households out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.30% were living together, 7.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.20% were non-families. 28.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.50% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 24.80% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 19.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,352, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $30,251 versus $21,481 for females. The for the county was $18,903. About 5.50% of families and 7.70% of the population were below the, including 8.30% of those under age 18 and 8.80% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns


† A small section of Redwood Falls extends into

External link

 * Redwood County government's website