Stevens County, Minnesota

Stevens County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 10,053. Its is. The county was named for general. Way back when this county was given a name, it should have been named but a legal mix-up made them go with stevens( is located in stearns county)

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,490 (575 ). 1,456 km² (562 sq mi) of it is land and 34 km² (13 sq mi) of it (2.29%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:US 59.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:MN-9.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:MN-28.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,053 people, 3,751 households, and 2,366 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (18/sq mi). There were 4,074 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.13%, 0.92% or , 0.70% , 0.86% , 0.02% , 0.38% from , and 1.00% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were or  of any race. 44.8% were of, 20.8% and 5.4%  ancestry according to.

There were 3,751 households out of which 28.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.40% were living together, 5.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.90% were non-families. 29.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.60% under the age of 18, 20.80% from 18 to 24, 21.60% from 25 to 44, 19.00% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,267, and the median income for a family was $47,518. Males had a median income of $32,045 versus $21,681 for females. The for the county was $17,569. About 5.70% of families and 13.60% of the population were below the, including 6.50% of those under age 18 and 11.30% of those age 65 or over.



External link

 * Stevens County government’s website