Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

The Kandiyohi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the County had 42 239 inhabitants and a population density of 20.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Willmar, which was named after the Willmar Lake, where it is located.

Geography

The County is located southwest of the geographical center of Minnesota and has an area of ​​2232 square kilometers, of which 171 square kilometers are water surface. At the Kandiyohi County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The Kandiyohi County was formed on March 20, 1858 from parts of Meeker County, Renville County, Stearns County and the defunct Davis County and the only surviving in Wisconsin Pierce County. It was named after a word from the Dakota language.

The first seat of the county government was in Kandiyohi, which was called at the time of founding Kandiyohi station and a railway station was. Since the settlement was extremely thin and was slow, it was in 1870 merged with the Monongalia County that no longer exist today and Willmar was posted on November 21, 1871 then elected to the new district capital.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Kandiyohi County 42 239 people in 17,270 households. The population density was 20.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 17,270 households lived statistically 2.38 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 2.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesians as well as other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 11.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 49,915. The per capita income was $ 27,053. 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Kandiyohi County

Citys

• Atwater
• Blomkest
• Kandiyohi
• Lake Lillian

• New London
• Pennock
• Prins castle
• Raymond

• Shelf
• Spicer
• Sunburg
• Willmar

Unincorporated communities

• Hawick
• Roseland

Structure

The Kandiyohi County is divided into 24 townships in addition to the twelve -cities: