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Olmsted County, Minnesota
Map
File:Map of Minnesota highlighting Olmsted County.png Location in the state of Minnesota
Minnesota's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	February 20, 1855 [1]
Seat	Rochester
Largest City	Rochester
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	sq mi ( km²)  sq mi ( km²)  sq mi ( km²), 0.23%
wikipedia:Population  - (2000)  - Density	124277
Time zone	Central : UTC-6/-5
Website: www.co.olmsted.mn.us
Named for: David Olmsted, the first mayor of St. Paul.

Olmsted County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota, founded in 1855^[2]. As of 2000, the population was 124,277. Its county seat is Rochester⁶.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Lakes 1.2 Major Highways 1.3 Adjacent counties 2 Demographics 3 Cities and towns 4 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,695 km² (654 sq mi). 1,691 km² (653 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.23%) is water. It is one of four counties in the state with no natural lakes.

[edit] Lakes

Although Olmsted County contains no natural lakes, it does have six reservoirs created by dams.

• Chester Lake: Eyota Township
• Lake Florence: High Forest Township
• Lake George: Rochester Township
• Mayowood Lake: Rochester Township
• Shady Lake: Township and New Haven Township
• Silver Lake: Haverhill Township and Cascade Township
• Lake Zumbro (partially): Oronoco Township

[edit] Major Highways

Interstate 90 U.S. Highway 14 U.S. Highway 52 U.S. Highway 63

Minnesota State Highway 30 Minnesota State Highway 42 Minnesota State Highway 74 Minnesota State Highway 247

[edit] Adjacent counties

• Wabasha County (north)
• Winona County (east)
• Fillmore County (south)
• Mower County (southwest)
• Dodge County (west)
• Goodhue County (northwest)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 124,277 people, 47,807 households, and 32,317 families residing in the county. The population density was 73/km² (190/sq mi). There were 49,422 housing units at an average density of 29/km² (76/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.33% White, 2.68% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 4.27% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.92% from other races, and 1.51% from two or more races. 2.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 33.7% were of German, 16.1% Norwegian, 8.0% Irish and 5.2% English ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 47,807 households out of which 35.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.70% were married couples living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 32.20% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 10.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $51,316, and the median income for a family was $61,610. Males had a median income of $40,196 versus $29,994 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,939. About 3.80% of families and 6.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.70% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Cities and towns

Cities	Townships
Byron Chatfield † Dover Eyota Oronoco Pine Island ‡ Rochester Stewartville	Cascade Township Dover Township Elmira Township Eyota Township Farmington Township Haverhill Township High Forest Township Kalmar Township Marion Township	New Haven Township Orion Township Oronoco Township Pleasant Grove Township Quincy Township Rochester Township Rock Dell Township Salem Township Viola Township

† Chatfield is in both Olmsted and Fillmore County.
‡ Pine Island is mainly in Goodhue County but extends into Olmsted County.

[edit] External links

• County website

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State of Minnesota Saint Paul (capital)

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Coordinates: 44°00′N 92°24′W / 44.00, -92.40

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