Itasca County, Minnesota
The Itasca County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the County had 45 058 inhabitants and a population density of 6.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Grand Rapids.
Parts of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and the Bois Forte Reservation located in Itasca County.
Geography
The County is located in northern Minnesota and is about 100 km from Canada away and is drained by the upper Mississippi. It has an area of 7583 square kilometers, of which 680 square kilometers are water surface. At the Itasca County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Itasca County was on 27 October 1849 as a free- designated - formed territory - but in reality populated by Indians. It was named after Lake Itasca, whose name is derived from the Latin term " veritas caput ". But the lake is not in Itasca County, but around 150 km to the west in Clearwater County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Itasca County 45 058 people in 18,761 households. The population density was 6.5 people per square kilometer. In the 18,761 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.7 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 3.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 47,106. The per capita income was $ 24,067. 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Itasca County
Citys
- Bigfork
- Bovey
- Calumet
- Cohasset
- Coleraine
- Deer River
- Effie
- Grand Rapids
- Keewatin
- La Prairie
- Marble
- Nashwauk
- Squaw Lake
- Taconite
- Warba
- Zemple
Census-designated places (CDP )
- Ball Club
- Inger
Other Unincorporated communities
- Alvwood
- Bass Lake
- Bear River1
- Bergville
- BlackBerry
- Bowstring
- Cooley
- Dora Lake
- Dunbar
- Goodland
- Grattan
- Houpt
- Jessie Lake
- Mack
- Marcell
- Martin
- Max
- Orth
- Oslund
- Pengilly
- Pomroy
- Rosy
- Spring Lake
- Suomi
- Swan River
- Talmoon
- Togo
- Wawina
- Host
1 - partly in St. Louis County
Structure
The Itasca County is next twelve Citys1 in 41 townships (TS) and five Unorganized Territories (UT ) shall be broken:
1The City's Calumet, Marble, Nashwauk Taconite and each belong to a township.