Chisago County, Minnesota

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Chisago County, Minnesota
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Location in the state of Minnesota
Minnesota's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	September 1, 1851 [1]
Seat	Center City
Largest city	North Branch
Area - Total - Land - Water	442 sq mi (1,146 km²) 418 sq mi (1,082 km²) 25 sq mi (64 km²), 5.62%
Population - (2000) - Density	41,101 98/sq mi (38/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website: www.co.chisago.mn.us
Named for: Chisago Lake

Chisago County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2000, the population was 41,101. Its county seat is Center City^[1].

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Cities and towns
5 Schools
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Chisago County is, like many other counties in Minnesota, strongly influenced by the Swedish immigrants that settled there in the middle of the 19th century. It was here Vilhelm Moberg made his research for his The Emigrants suite in the 1950s. His fictional characters Karl-Oskar and Kristina Nilsson from Ljuder parish in Småland settled around the Lake Ki-Chi-Saga (from the Ojibwe language Ki-chi-saga-igun (Gichi-zaaga'igan in the contemporary spelling) meaning "Big Lake-with-an-outlet," which was later shortened to Lake Chisago). The heritage of the early settlers is still honoured by the annual Karl Oskar Days in Lindstrom.

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 442 square miles (1,146 km²), of which, 418 square miles (1,082 km²) of it is land and 25 square miles (64 km²) of it (5.62%) is water.

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[edit] National protected area

Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (part)

[edit] Demographics

Age pyramid of county residents based on 2000 U.S. census data.

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 41,101 people, 14,454 households, and 11,086 families residing in the county. The population density was 98 people per square mile (38/km²). There were 15,533 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile (14/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.21% White, 0.51% Black or African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 31.3% were of German, 18.1% Swedish, 11.3% Norwegian and 6.9% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 14,454 households out of which 41.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.50% were married couples living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.30% were non-families. 18.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the county the population was spread out with 30.20% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 32.20% from 25 to 44, 20.70% from 45 to 64, and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 103.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $52,012, and the median income for a family was $57,335. Males had a median income of $40,743 versus $27,653 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,013. About 3.20% of families and 5.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.40% of those under age 18 and 8.00% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Cities and towns

Cities	Townships	Unincorporated Communities
Center City Chisago City Harris Lindstrom North Branch Rush City Shafer Stacy Taylors Falls Wyoming	Amador Township Chisago Lake Township Fish Lake Township Franconia Township Lent Township Nessel Township Rushseba Township Shafer Township Sunrise Township Wyoming Township	Almelund Franconia Palmdale Rush Point Stark Sunrise

[edit] Schools

Chisago Lakes High School

[edit] References

^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Chisago County, Minnesota

County seat: Center City

Cities	Center City \| Chisago City \| Harris \| Lindstrom \| North Branch \| Rush City \| Shafer \| Stacy \| Taylors Falls \| Wyoming

Townships	Amador \| Chisago Lake \| Fish Lake \| Franconia \| Lent \| Nessel \| Rushseba \| Shafer \| Sunrise \| Wyoming

Unincorporated community	Almelund