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Cottonwood County, Minnesota

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Population:

  • Total Population: 12,167
  • Males: 5,903
  • Females: 6,264

Ethnicity:

  • White: 11,556
  • Black/African American: 15
  • Hispanic: 299
  • Native American/Eskimo: 7
  • Asian: 189
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
  • Other: 14
  • 2 or more: 87

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (10,645)
  2. German (385)
  3. Laotian (170)
  4. Spanish (165)
  5. Norwegian (30)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 272

  1. Laos (83)
  2. Mexico (36)
  3. Canada (28)
  4. Philippines (26)
  5. Korea (19)
  6. Netherlands (19)
  7. Thailand (14)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (3,955)
  2. Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (1,336)
  3. Catholic Church (1,320)
  4. United Methodist Church, The (1,117)
  5. Mennonite Church USA (833)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 3,110
    • Sensory: 398
    • Physical: 756
    • Mental: 461
    • Self-care: 261
    • Go outside home: 615
    • Employment: 532

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 25

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 4,917
    • Utility gas: 2,723
    • Bottled or LP gas: 1,121
    • Electricity: 364
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 608
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 57
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 28
    • No fuel used: 16

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 9,752
    • No vehicle: 594
    • 1 or more vehicle: 9,158

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 31
    • No High School: 876
    • Some High School: 725
    • High School: 3,108
    • Some College: 1,910
    • Associate's Degree: 505
    • College Degree: 873
    • Master's Degree: 191
    • Professional Degree: 116
    • Doctoral Degree: 9

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 4,917
    • Owners with phone: 3,927
    • Owners without phone: 26
    • Renters with phone: 901
    • Renters without phone: 63

    10 closest counties:

    1. Jackson County, Minnesota
    2. Redwood County, Minnesota
    3. Brown County, Minnesota
    4. Watonwan County, Minnesota
    5. Murray County, Minnesota
    6. Dickinson County, Iowa
    7. Nobles County, Minnesota
    8. Martin County, Minnesota
    9. Osceola County, Iowa
    10. Renville County, Minnesota

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    56101, 56118, 56145, 56159, 56174, 56183

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • KDOM-FM (94.3 FM) WINDOM, MN
    • KDOM (1580 AM) WINDOM, MN
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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