Roseau County, Minnesota
The Roseau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the County had 15,629 inhabitants and a population density of 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Roseau.
Geography
The County is located almost in the extreme northwestern Minnesota on the border with Canada. It has an area of 4247 square kilometers, of which 41 square kilometers are water surface. In the northeast, the County share of the Lake of the Woods.
At the Roseau County borders the following Nachbarcountys and Canadian provinces:
History
The Roseau County was formed on February 28, 1894 from parts of Beltrami County and the Kittson County. It was named after the Roseau Lake and Roseau River the.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Roseau County 15,629 people in 6357 households. The population density was 3.6 people per square kilometer. In the 6357 households lived statistically 2.44 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 94.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 2.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 48,612. The per capita income was $ 23,730. 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Roseau County
Citys
- Badger
- Greenbush
- Roosevelt1
- Roseau
- Strathcona
- Warroad
Unincorporated communities
- Pinecreek
- Pencer
- Salol
- Skime
- Swift
- Wannaska
1 - partly in Lake of the Woods County
Structure
The Roseau County is in addition to the six -cities in 33 townships and three Unorganized Territories (UT ) shall be broken: