Carlton County, Minnesota
The Carlton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the County had 35 386 inhabitants and a population density of 15.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Carlton.
Parts of the Fond du Lac Reservation, an Indian reservation of the Anishinabe, are in Carlton County.
Geography
The County is located in northeastern Minnesota, and is bordered to the east by Wisconsin. It has an area of 2267 square kilometers, of which 39 square kilometers are water surface.
In the north- east, the County is drained by the Saint Louis River, which flows east of Countygrenze in Duluth in Lake Superior, one of the five Great Lakes.
At the Carlton County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Carlton County was formed on 23 May 1857 parts of the Pine County and St. Louis County. It was named, as well as the district capital, after Rueben B. Carlton, an early settler in the area.
In Moose Lake is the Minneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Depot (also known as Moose Lake Soo Line Depot). Built in 1907 station building has been listed since 1994 in the NRHP.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Carlton County 35 386 people in 13,820 households. The population density was 15.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 13,820 households lived statistically 2.42 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 89.9 percent white, 1.5 percent African American, 5.8 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 47.9 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 53,553. The per capita income was $ 24,808. 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Carlton County
Citys
- Barnum
- Carlton
- Cloquet
- Cromwell
- Kettle River
- Moose Lake
- Scanlon
- Thomson
- Wrenshall
- Wright
Census-designated places (CDP )
- Big Lake
- Esko
- Mahtowa
Other Unincorporated communities
- Atkinson
- Automba
- Düsler
- Harney
- Holyoke
- Iverson
- Nemadji
- Otter Creek
- Pleasant Valley
- Sawyer
- Scotts Corner
Structure
The Carlton County is in addition to the ten Citys in 19 townships and two Unorganized Territories (UT ) shall be broken: