Big Stone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2000, the population is 5,820. Its county seat is Ortonville.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 528 square miles (1,367 km²), of which 497 square miles (1,287 km²) is land and 31 square miles (80 km²) (5.86%) is water.
Source: United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,820 people, 2,377 ho...
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Big Stone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2000, the population is 5,820. Its county seat is Ortonville.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 528 square miles (1,367 km²), of which 497 square miles (1,287 km²) is land and 31 square miles (80 km²) (5.86%) is water.
Source: United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,820 people, 2,377 households, and 1,611 families residing in the county. The population density was 12 people per square mile (5/km²). There were 3,171 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.44% White, 0.17% Black or African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.34% from two or more races. 0.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 45.7% were of German, 21.0% Norwegian, 8.0% Swedish and 6.3% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.
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