Cass County (Minnesota)

The Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the County had 28,567 inhabitants and a population density of 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Walker.

Part of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation is located in Cass County.

Geography

The County is located in north-central Minnesota and has an area of 6253 square kilometers, of which 1027 square miles are water.

The largest lake is the reservoir of Leech Lake with an area of 451 square kilometers, is the third largest lake in the state of Minnesota at the same time. The lake lies entirely in the Chippewa National Forest and is a part of the electricity system of the Mississippi, to the encounters the County to the north and the extreme southeast.

At the Cass County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The Cass County was formed on March 31, 1851 from parts of Walker County and the defunct Mankahto County, Pembina County and Wahnata County. It was named after Lewis Cass (1782-1866), an American military officer, politician and Foreign Minister.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Cass County 28,567 people in 12,943 households. The population density was 5.5 people per square kilometer. In the 12,943 households lived statistically 2.17 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 86.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 11.0 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 43,042. The per capita income was $ 24,772. 15.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Cass County

Citys

Backus
Bena
River Boy
Cass Lake

Chickamaw Beach
East Gull Lake
Federal Dam
Hackensack

Lakeshore
Longville
Motley1
Pillager

Pine River
Remer
Walker

Census-designated place (CDP )

Whipholt

Other Unincorporated communities

Ah Gwah -ching
Brevik
Onigum

Outing
Pontoria

1 - predominantly in Morrison County

Structure

The Cass County is adjacent to the City's 15 's 50 townships (TS ) and four Unorganized Territories (UT ) shall be broken:

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