Redwood County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census the population was 15,425. Its county seat is Redwood Falls, along the Redwood River near its confluence with the Minnesota River. The Lower Sioux Indian Reservation (also known as the Mdewakankton Tribal Reservation) is entirely within the county, along the southern bank of the Minnesota River in Paxton and Sherman townships. In the 2000 census it had a population of 335.
History
The Minnesota Legislature created the county on February 8, 1862, with Redwood Falls as the county seat. It was named for the Redwood River, which flows eastward through the county.
Geography
The Minnesota River flows southeast along the county's northeastern border. The Redwood River flows east through the upper part of the county, draining into the Minnesota near Redwood Falls. The Cottonwood River flows east through the lower part of the county, entering adjacent Brown County before discharging into the Minnesota. The county terrain consists of rolling hills, carved with drainages and sprinkled with lakes. The largely rural area is devoted to commodity crops of corn and soybeans. The terrain slopes to the east, with its highest point in the southwest corner at ASL. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water.
Airports
- Redwood Falls Municipal Airport (RWF)
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| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<br/>1790-1960 1900-1990<br/>1990-2000 2010-2020
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|White alone (NH)
|19,068
|16,832
|15,879
|14,119
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,123
|98.59%
|97.55%
|94.43%
|87.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |85.08%
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|Black or African American alone (NH)
|2
|27
|22
|71
|style='background: #ffffe6; |76
|0.01%
|0.16%
|0.13%
|0.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.49%
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|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|140
|272
|526
|744
|style='background: #ffffe6; |774
|0.72%
|1.58%
|3.13%
|4.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.02%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|48
|31
|53
|504
|style='background: #ffffe6; |414
|0.25%
|0.18%
|0.32%
|3.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.68%
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|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|x
|x
|9
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|x
|x
|0.05%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|13
|1
|1
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.07%
|0.01%
|0.01%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|x
|x
|133
|281
|style='background: #ffffe6; |525
|x
|x
|0.79%
|1.75%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.40%
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|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|70
|91
|192
|335
|style='background: #ffffe6; |496
|0.36%
|0.53%
|1.14%
|2.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.22%
|-
|Total
|19,341
|17,254
|16,815
|16,059
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15,425
|100.00%
|100.00%
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 15,425. The median age was 40.8 years. 25.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.7 males age 18 and over.
The racial makeup of the county was 85.9% White, 0.5% Black or African American, 5.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.7% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.8% from some other race, and 4.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 3.2% of the population.
There were 6,318 households in the county, of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.1% were married-couple households, 20.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Redwood County, Minnesota
Footnotes
Further reading
- Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, The History of Redwood County, Minnesota. In Two Volumes. Chicago: H.C. Cooper Jr. and Co., 1916. Volume 1 | Volume 2
External links
- Redwood County government's website