Faribault County, Minnesota

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Faribault County, Minnesota
Faribault County Courthouse in Blue Earth, Minnesota.
Location in the state of Minnesota
Minnesota's location in the U.S.
Founded	February 20, 1855
Named for	Jean Baptiste Faribault, a trader with the Dakota.
Seat	Blue Earth
Largest city	Blue Earth
Area
• Total	721.61 sq mi (1,869 km²)
• Land	713.63 sq mi (1,848 km²)
• Water	7.98 sq mi (21 km²), 1.11%
Population
• (2010)	14,553
• Density	23/sq mi (9/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.co.faribault.mn.us

Faribault County /ˈfɛərɨboʊ/ is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,553.^[1] Its county seat is Blue Earth.^[2]

History

Faribault was founded in 1855. It is named for Jean-Baptiste Faribault, a settler and French fur trader among the Sioux Indians..^[3]

Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 721.61 square miles (1,869.0 km²), of which 713.63 square miles (1,848.3 km²) (or 98.89%) is land and 7.98 square miles (20.7 km²) (or 1.11%) is water.^[4]

Lakes

Bass Lake: in Delavan Township
Hart Lake: in Delavan Township
Minnesota Lake: almost entirely in Minnesota Lake Township, but the extreme northern edge extends into Blue Earth County
Rice Lake: in Delavan Township
Rice Lake: there is another, smaller Rice Lake in Foster Township
South Walnut Lake: almost entirely in Brush Creek Township, but the northern edge extends into Walnut Lake Township
Walnut Lake: almost entirely in Walnut Lake Township, but the southern edge extends into Brush Creek Township

Major highways

Adjacent counties

Blue Earth County (north)
Waseca County (northeast)
Freeborn County (east)
Winnebago County, Iowa (southeast)
Kossuth County, Iowa (southwest)
Martin County (west)

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	1,335	—
1870	9,940	644.6%
1880	13,016	30.9%
1890	16,708	28.4%
1900	22,055	32.0%
1910	19,949	−9.5%
1920	20,998	5.3%
1930	21,642	3.1%
1940	23,941	10.6%
1950	23,879	−0.3%
1960	23,685	−0.8%
1970	20,896	−11.8%
1980	19,714	−5.7%
1990	16,937	−14.1%
2000	16,181	−4.5%
2010	14,553	−10.1%
Est. 2012	14,263	−2.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[5] 2012 Estimate^[1]

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

As of the census of 2000,^[6] there were 16,181 people, 6,652 households, and 4,476 families residing in the county. The population density was 23 people per square mile (9/km²). There were 7,247 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.11% White, 0.24% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.36% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. 3.50% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 45.5% were of German, 21.2% Norwegian and 5.1% Irish ancestry.

There were 6,652 households out of which 28.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% were married couples living together, 6.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.70% were non-families. 29.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 23.20% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 22.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,440, and the median income for a family was $41,793. Males had a median income of $28,990 versus $20,224 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,193. About 5.50% of families and 8.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.40% of those under age 18 and 10.20% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

Cities	Townships		Unincorporated
Blue Earth Bricelyn Delavan Easton Elmore Frost Kiester Minnesota Lake† Walters Wells Winnebago	Barber Township Blue Earth City Township Brush Creek Township Clark Township Delavan Township Dunbar Township Elmore Township Emerald Township Foster Township Jo Daviess Township	Kiester Township Lura Township Minnesota Lake Township Pilot Grove Township Prescott Township Rome Township Seely Township Verona Township Walnut Lake Township Winnebago City Township	Clayton Guckeen Homedahl Huntley

† A minor part of Minnesota Lake also extends into Blue Earth County.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 123.
↑ "Census 2010 Gazetteer Files". Retrieved July 2, 2013.
↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

External links

Faribault County, Minnesota

Kossuth County, Iowa

Winnebago County, Iowa

v t e Municipalities and communities of Faribault County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Blue Earth

Cities	Blue Earth Bricelyn Delavan Easton Elmore Frost Kiester Minnesota Lake‡ Walters Wells Winnebago

Townships	Barber Blue Earth City Brush Creek Clark Delavan Dunbar Elmore Emerald Foster Jo Daviess Kiester Lura Minnesota Lake Pilot Grove Prescott Rome Seely Verona Walnut Lake Winnebago City

Unincorporated community	Huntley

Ghost towns	Clayton Homedahl

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Counties	Aitkin Anoka Becker Beltrami Benton Big Stone Blue Earth Brown Carlton Carver Cass Chippewa Chisago Clay Clearwater Cook Cottonwood Crow Wing Dakota Dodge Douglas Faribault Fillmore Freeborn Goodhue Grant Hennepin Houston Hubbard Isanti Itasca Jackson Kanabec Kandiyohi Kittson Koochiching Lac qui Parle Lake Lake of the Woods Le Sueur Lincoln Lyon Mahnomen Marshall Martin McLeod Meeker Mille Lacs Morrison Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles Norman Olmsted Otter Tail Pennington Pine Pipestone Polk Pope Ramsey Red Lake Redwood Renville Rice Rock Roseau Saint Louis Scott Sherburne Sibley Stearns Steele Stevens Swift Todd Traverse Wabasha Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan Wilkin Winona Wright Yellow Medicine

Coordinates: 43°41′N 93°57′W / 43.68°N 93.95°W / 43.68; -93.95

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