Cottonwood County, Minnesota

The Cottonwood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the County had 11,687 inhabitants and a population density of 7 people per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Windom, which was named after William Windom, a U.S. senator.

Geography

The County is located in the central southwestern Minnesota, about 45 miles from Iowa and to the west about 70 miles from South Dakota is located in the south. It has an area of ​​1681 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water surface.

In the extreme northeast, the County share of the Cottonwood River, a tributary of the opening into the Mississippi River Minnesota. Through the south of the Cottonwood County flows in an arc of the Des Moines River, which also flows into the Mississippi in Iowa.

At the Cottonwood County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The Cottonwood County was formed on 23 May 1857 parts of Brown County. It was named after the Cottonwood River, which flows through the north-east of the county.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Cottonwood County 11,687 people in 4861 households. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. In the 4861 households lived statistically 2.33 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 94.6 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.8 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesians as well as other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 43,111. The per capita income was $ 22,028. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Cottonwood County

Citys

• Bingham Lake
• Comfrey1
• Jeffers
• Mountain Lake

• Storden
• Westbrook
• Windom

Unincorporated Community

• Delft

Structure

The Cottonwood County is divided into 18 townships in addition to the seven -cities: