St. Louis County is a

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located in the

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of the

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

. As of the 2020 census, the population was 200,231. Its

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Duluth , settlement_type = City , nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City , motto = , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...

. It is the largest

in Minnesota by land area, and the largest in the United States by total area east of the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...

, ahead of

Aroostook County, Maine Aroostook County ( ; french: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. Its county seat is Houlton, with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent. Kn ...

. St. Louis County is included in the Duluth, MN-Superior WI

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. Major industries include pulpwood production and

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Open pit mining Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth from an open-air pit, sometimes known as a borrow. This form of minin ...

of taconite and processing it into high grade iron ore remains an important part of the economy of the

Iron Range The term Iron Range refers collectively or individually to a number of elongated iron-ore mining districts around Lake Superior in the United States and Canada. Much of the ore-bearing region lies alongside the range of granite hills formed by ...

. Parts of the federally recognized Bois Forte and Fond du Lac Indian reservations are in the county.

History

This area was long inhabited by Algonquian-speaking tribes: the Ojibwe (Chippewa), Ottawa and Potawatomi peoples were loosely affiliated in the

Council of Three Fires The Council of Three Fires (in oj, label=Anishinaabe, Niswi-mishkodewinan, also known as the People of the Three Fires; the Three Fires Confederacy; or the United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians) is a long-standing Anishina ...

. As American settlers entered the territory, the Native Americans were pushed to outer areas. The Minnesota Legislature established St. Louis County on February 20, 1855, as ''Doty County,'' and changed its name to ''Newton County'' on March 3, 1855. It originally consisted of the area east and south of the St. Louis River, while the area east of the Vermilion River and north of the St. Louis River was part of Superior County. Superior County was renamed St. Louis County. On March 1, 1856, that St. Louis County was renamed as Lake County. Newton County was renamed as St. Louis County and had that eastern area added to it; it was also expanded westward by incorporating parts of

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, which then also included most of Carlton County. On May 23, 1857, St. Louis County took its current shape when Carlton County was formed from parts of St. Louis and

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counties.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (8.9%) is water. It is the largest county in Minnesota and the largest (by total area) in the United States east of the Mississippi River.

Voyageurs National Park Voyageurs National Park is an American national park in northern Minnesota near the city of International Falls established in 1975. The park's name commemorates the ''voyageurs''—French-Canadian fur traders who were the first European settle ...

, established in 1975, is located in its northwestern corner, on the south shore of

Rainy Lake Rainy Lake ( French: '; Ojibwe: ') is a freshwater lake with a surface area of that straddles the border between the United States and Canada. The Rainy River issues from the west side of the lake and is harnessed to make hydroelectricity for ...

on the Canada–US border; it is popular with water enthusiasts and fishers. The county includes parts of

Superior National Forest Superior National Forest, part of the United States National Forest system, is located in the Arrowhead Region of the state of Minnesota between the Canada–United States border and the north shore of Lake Superior. The area is part of the grea ...

, established in 1909, and the

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or BWCA) is a wilderness area within the Superior National Forest in the northeastern part of the US state of Minnesota under the administration of the U.S. Forest Service. A mixture of forests ...

on the border, established in 1978. The BWCAW is a wilderness area designated for fishing, camping, hiking, and canoeing, and is one of the most visited wilderness areas in the United States. St. Louis County has more than 500 lakes. The largest lakes are Pelican and

Vermilion Vermilion (sometimes vermillion) is a color, color family, and pigment most often made, since antiquity until the 19th century, from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide, which is toxic) and its corresponding color. It i ...

. The "Hill of Three Waters" on the

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lies northeast of

Hibbing Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At th ...

. Rainfall on this hill runs to three watersheds: Hudson Bay to the north, the

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to the east (via

Lake Superior Lake Superior in central North America is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh wa ...

), or the

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to the south and west (via the Mississippi River). The county is drained by the

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

, and other rivers.

Duluth , settlement_type = City , nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City , motto = , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...

on Lake Superior is one of the most important fresh-water ports in the United States. The county encompasses part of the

. It has had a significant taconite mining industry, particularly in the city of Virginia.

Major highways

* Interstate Highway 35 * Interstate Highway 535 – John Blatnik Bridge * U.S. Highway 2 * U.S. Highway 53 * U.S. Highway 169 *

Minnesota State Highway 1 Minnesota State Highway 1 (MN 1) is a state highway across northern Minnesota, United States, which runs from North Dakota Highway 54 (ND 54) at the North Dakota state line (at the Red River in Oslo) and continues east to its eastern termi ...

* Minnesota State Highway 23 * Minnesota State Highway 33 * Minnesota State Highway 37 * Minnesota State Highway 39 – McCuen Street *

Minnesota State Highway 61 Minnesota State Highway 61 (MN 61) is a highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from a junction with Interstate 35 (I-35) in Duluth at 26th Avenue East, and continues northeast to its northern terminus at the Canadian border near Grand Portag ...

– North Shore * Minnesota State Highway 73 * Minnesota State Highway 135 * Minnesota State Highway 169 * Minnesota State Highway 194 *

Minnesota State Highway 210 Minnesota State Highway 210 (MN 210) is a state highway in west-central, central, and northeast Minnesota, which runs from North Dakota Highway 210 (ND 210) at the North Dakota state line (at Breckenridge), and continues east to its ea ...

St. Louis County Road 4 - Rice Lake Road * St Louis County Route 13 MN

St. Louis County Road 13 – Midway Road

Adjacent counties

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, Canada (north) * Lake County (east) *

Douglas County, Wisconsin Douglas County is a county located at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,295 Its county seat is Superior. Douglas County is included in the Duluth, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistica ...

(southeast) * Carlton County (south) *

Aitkin County Aitkin County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,697. Its county seat is Aitkin. Part of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is in the county. The county was created in 1857 and organized ...

(southwest) *

(west) *

Koochiching County Koochiching County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,062. Its county seat is International Falls. A portion of the Bois Forte Indian Reservation is in the county. A small part of Voya ...

(northwest)

National protected areas

(part) **

(part) *

(part)

Climate and weather

The county has a

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(

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''Dfb''), slightly moderated by its proximity to Lake Superior. Winters are long, snowy, and very cold, normally seeing maximum temperatures remaining below on 106 days. Due to global warming, in January 2019 Tracy Twine, professor at the University of Minnesota's Department of Soil, Water and Climate, said "we just don't expect temperatures to be below 10 degrees Fahrenheit in Duluth anymore. Public schools and other government offices shut down on January 29–30, 2019 because of wind chills of . This apparent anomaly was attributed to changes in the global jet stream due to the climate change.

Demographics

2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' As of the 2010 census, there were 200,226 people in the county. The racial makeup of the county was 94.0%

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, 2.2% Native American, 0.4% Black or African American, 0.9% Asian, 0.2% of some other race and 2.3% of two or more races. 1.2% were

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(of any race). According to the 2010–2015 American Community Survey, the ancestral makeup was 24.3%

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, 15.9%

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, 13.0%

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, and 10.2%

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. As of the 2000 census, there were 200,528 people, 82,619 households, and 51,389 families in the county. The

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was 32 people per square mile (12/km²). There were 95,800 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile (6/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 94.86% White, 0.85% Black or African American, 2.03% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.22% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. 0.80% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 27.60% of households included children under the age of 18, 49.30% were married couples living together, 9.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.80% were non-families. 31.20% of all households consisted of individuals, and 13.00% of individuals 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.90. The population contained 22.40% under the age of 18, 11.40% from 18 to 24, 25.90% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 16.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.80 males. The median income for a household in the county was $36,306, and the median income for a family was $47,134. Males had a median income of $37,934 versus $24,235 for females. The

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for the county was $18,982. About 7.20% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the

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, including 13.10% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over.

Government

St. Louis County is governed by an elected and nonpartisan

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. In Minnesota, county commissions usually have five members, but St. Louis, Hennepin, and

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counties have seven-member boards. Each commissioner represents a single-member district of equal population. The county commission elects a chair who presides at meetings. Commissioners as of January 2015:

Politics

In 2007, St. Louis County considered doing a study about dividing into two counties, but the proposal was not acted on. This county is one of the most reliably Democratic counties in the state, as no Republican or Independent candidate has won the county in a statewide election since 1992. The only time a Democrat obtained less than 50% of the vote was in 1998, when

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of the Reform ticket won statewide; some 24% of the county voted for him. Since 1992, the only time when a Republican obtained more than 34% of the vote was in the elections of 1994 (year of Republican Revolution) when the incumbent Independent-Republican governor won the statewide vote by a landslide of more than 60%, and when the Independent-Republican senatorial candidate won election with 49% statewide, both of which are rare occurrences in Minnesota.

Presidential elections

St. Louis County has long been one of the strongest Democratic bastions in the state outside of the Twin Cities. The Democrats have carried the county for 23 consecutive presidential elections; the last Republican candidate to carry the county was

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in 1928, before the Great Depression. In recent elections, Republicans have received about 1/3rd of the county's vote. In 2016,

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earned 39.7% of the county's vote, while the Democratic vote deteriorated to 51.4% (the lowest percentage since 1932); according to exit polls, this was due to residents' concerns about the decline of mining and forestry in the county. This was the closest that a Republican had come to winning the county since 1932. In

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

, Trump became the first Republican since Herbert Hoover to get more than 40% of the vote in St. Louis County, but Joe Biden bolstered the Democratic margin of victory from 11.7% to 15.6%.

Congress

St. Louis County is in

Minnesota's 8th congressional district Minnesota's 8th congressional district covers the northeastern part of Minnesota. It is anchored by Duluth, the state's fourth-largest city. It also includes most of the Mesabi & Vermilion iron ranges, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in th ...

. For 36 years it was represented by Democrat

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. He was defeated in 2010 by Republican

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. Two years later Cravaack was defeated by Democrat

Rick Nolan Richard Michael Nolan (born December 17, 1943) is an American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 8th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as the U.S. representative from ...

, who represented the district until his retirement in 2019. Republican St. Louis County commissioner Pete Stauber succeeded Nolan in one of three Democrat-to-Republican district flips in 2018, two of which happened in Minnesota.

Communities

Cities

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* Biwabik * Brookston * Buhl * Chisholm * Cook *

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(county seat) * Ely *

Eveleth Eveleth is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,718 at the 2010 census. U.S. Highway 53 and State Highway 37 (MN 37) are two of the main routes in Eveleth. Eveleth was the site of the conflict that resu ...

* Floodwood * Gilbert * Hermantown *

* Hoyt Lakes * Iron Junction * Kinney *

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* McKinley * Meadowlands * Mountain Iron * Orr * Proctor * Rice Lake *

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* Winton

Townships

* Alango Township * Alborn Township * Alden Township * Angora Township * Arrowhead Township * Ault Township * Balkan Township * Bassett Township * Beatty Township * Biwabik Township * Breitung Township * Brevator Township * Camp 5 Township * Canosia Township * Cedar Valley Township * Cherry Township * Clinton Township * Colvin Township * Cotton Township * Crane Lake Township * Culver Township * Duluth Township * Eagles Nest Township * Ellsburg Township * Elmer Township * Embarrass Township * Fairbanks Township * Fayal Township * Field Township * Fine Lakes Township * Floodwood Township * Fredenberg Township * French Township * Gnesen Township * Grand Lake Township * Great Scott Township * Greenwood Township * Halden Township * Industrial Township * Kabetogama Township * Kelsey Township * Kugler Township * Lakewood Township * Lavell Township * Leiding Township * Linden Grove Township * McDavitt Township * Meadowlands Township * Midway Township * Morcom Township * Morse Township * Ness Township * New Independence Township * Normanna Township * North Star Township * Northland Township * Owens Township * Pequaywan Township * Pike Township * Portage Township * Prairie Lake Township * Sandy Township * Solway Township * Stoney Brook Township * Sturgeon Township * Toivola Township * Van Buren Township * Vermilion Lake Township * Waasa Township * White Township * Willow Valley Township * Wuori Township

Unorganized territories

* Angleworm Lake *

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* Birch Lake * Camp A Lake * Crab Lake * Dark River * Gheen * Hay Lake * Heikkala Lake * Hush Lake * Janette Lake * Leander Lake * Linwood Lake * Marion Lake * McCormack * Mud Hen Lake * Nett Lake * Northeast St. Louis * Northwest St. Louis * Pfeiffer Lake * Picket Lake * Potshot Lake * Sand Lake * Slim Lake * Sturgeon River * Sunday Lake * Tikander Lake * Whiteface Reservoir

Census-designated places

* Mahnomen * Nett Lake * Soudan

Unincorporated communities

* Alborn * Angora * Ash Lake * Bassett * Bear River *

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* Brimson * Britt * Burnett * Burntside * Buyck * Canyon * Celina * Central Lakes * Cherry * Clover Valley *

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* Cusson * Eldes Corner * Elmer * Embarrass * Fairbanks * Florenton *

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* Four Corners * French River * Gheen * Gheen Corner * Glendale * Gowan *

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* Idington *

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* Island Lake * Kabetogama * Keenan * Kelsey * Linden Grove * Makinen *

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* McComber * Meadow Brook * Melrude *

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* Palmers *

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* Payne * Peary *

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* Peyla * Pineville * Prosit * Ramshaw *

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* Rollins *

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* Sax * Shaw * Sherman Corner * Side Lake *

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* Skibo * Sturgeon * Taft * Toivola *

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* Vermilion Dam * Wahlsten * Wakemup * Whiteface *

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* Zim

Ghost towns

* Carson LakeCarson Lake
Hibbing Historical Society and Museum. Accessed 11 April 2021. * Costin Village * Elcor *

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References

External links

St. Louis County Government site – Link

''Duluth News Tribune'' site
* Mn/DOT maps of St. Louis County
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{{Coord, 47.58, -92.46, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-MN_source:UScensus1990 St. Louis County, Minnesota 1855 establishments in Minnesota Territory Populated places established in 1855

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Climate and weather

Demographics

2020 census

Government

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