Editing Chisago County, Minnesota (section)

==Demographics==
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|2010= 53887
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According to the most recent census data, Chisago County's population is 56,621, making it Minnesota's 18th-most populous county. 52.1% of residents are male and 47.9% are female. The average family size in Chisago County was 3.05 persons, and 62.2% of households were married-couple families.

From 1960 to 2010, Chisago County has been one of the state's fastest growing counties. From 2000 to 2014, Chisago County was the fifth-fastest growing county in the state, experiencing a population increase of 12,924 (growth rate of 31.4 percent).<ref name="u439" />

95.4% of residents have at least a high school education, and 22.2% have attained a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.9% are veterans.<ref name="Census2020">{{cite web | publisher=United States Census Bureau | title=Explore Census Data | website=Explore Census Data | url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US27025&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 | access-date=September 25, 2022}}</ref>

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[[File:ChisagoCountyMn2022PopPyr.png|thumb|right|2022 US Census [[population pyramid]] for Chisago County, from [[American Community Survey|ACS]] 5-year estimate]]
===Race and ethnicity===
Historically, Chisago County has been overwhelmingly populated by [[non-Hispanic Whites]]. Since 2000, it has been home to a small but growing Black, Asian, and Hispanic population.

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! rowspan="2" |Year  
! rowspan="2" |Total 
! colspan="2" |[[Non-Hispanic Whites|White]] alone
! colspan="2" |[[African Americans|Black]] alone
! colspan="2" |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] <br/>(any race)
! colspan="2" |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] alone
! colspan="2" |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone<br/><small>(incl. [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Is.]])</small>
! colspan="2" |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other<br/ >race]] alone 
! colspan="2"|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or<br /> more]]
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
| 1950<ref name="Social Explorer o122">{{cite web | title=Census 1950 Census Chisago County Race | website=Social Explorer | url=https://www.socialexplorer.com/tables/C1950CompDS/R13554517 | access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> || 12,669 || 12,660 || 99.93 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || 9{{efn|Non-white}} || 0.06 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| 1960<ref name="Social Explorer w792">{{cite web | title=Census 1960 Census Chisago County Race | website=Social Explorer | url=https://www.socialexplorer.com/tables/C1960CountyDS/R13554511 | access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> || 13,419 || 13,392 || 99.80 || 21 || 0.16 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || 6{{efn|2 Indian, 4 Japanese, 0 Chinese, 0 Filipino}} || 0.04 || 0 || 0.00 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| 1970<ref name="Social Explorer i920">{{cite web | title=Census 1970 Census Chisago County Race | website=Social Explorer | url=https://www.socialexplorer.com/tables/C1970/R13554512 | access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> || 17,492 || 17,427 || 99.63 || 33 || 0.19 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || 32 || 0.18 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| 1980<ref name="Census 1980">{{cite web | title=1980 Census of Population: General Population Characteristics Minnesota | website=[[United States Census Bureau|Census.gov]] | date=August 1982 | page=24 | url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/minnesota/1980a_mnabc-02.pdf| access-date=January 6, 2024}}</ref> || 25,717 || 25,423 || 98.86 || 28 || 0.11 || 91{{efn|78 White, 13 other}} || 0.35 || 76 || 0.30 || 59 || 0.23 || 40 || 0.16 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| 1990<ref name="Census 1990">{{cite web | title=1990 Census of Population: General Population Characteristics Minnesota | website=[[United States Census Bureau|Census.gov]] | date=April 17, 1992 | page=20 | url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-25.pdf| access-date=November 25, 2022}}</ref> || 30,521 || 30,099 || 98.62 || 63 || 0.21 || 137{{efn|89 White, 5 Native American, 2 Black, 1 Asian, 40 other}} || 0.45 || 120 || 0.39 || 89 || 0.29 || 13 || 0.04 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| 2000<ref name="Census 2000">{{cite web | title= Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 | series=Decennial Census, DEC Summary File 4 Demographic Profile, Table DP1|website=[[United States Census Bureau|Census.gov]] | url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDPSF42000.DP1?g=050XX00US27025&y=2000 | access-date=January 6, 2024}}</ref> || 41,101 || 39,953 || 97.21 || 210 || 0.51 || 473 || 1.15 || 187 || 0.45 || 287 || 0.70 || 126 || 0.31 || 327 || 0.80
|-
| 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Chisago County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US27025&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau|Census.gov]]}}</ref> || 53,887{{efn|name=prison|This figure includes inmates at the [[Minnesota Correctional Facility – Rush City]]}} || 51,013 || 94.67 || 636 || 1.18 || 835 || 1.55 || 313 || 0.58 || 480 || 0.89 || 19 || 0.04 || 591 || 1.10
|-
| 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Chisago County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US27025&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau|Census.gov]]}}</ref> || 56,621{{efn|name=prison}} || 50,804 || 89.73 || 845 || 1.49 || 1,451 || 2.56 || 309 || 0.55 || 771 || 1.36 || 185 || 0.33 || 2,256 || 3.98
|}
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===Ancestry===
The most common ancestries in Chisago County are German, English, Swedish, Irish and Norwegian.<ref name="EthnicityCombo">{{cite web | title=Detailed Race and Ethnicities (in combination) in Chisago County, MN: 2020 Census | website=Tableau | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://public.tableau.com/shared/NT6FRZ952?:showVizHome=no | access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name="EthnicityFull">{{cite web | title=Detailed Race and Ethnicities (alone) in Chisago County, MN: 2020 Census| website=Tableau  | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://public.tableau.com/shared/XTM5F2BK3?:showVizHome=no | access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Ancestry
! colspan="3" |Any ancestry{{efn|Any ancestry  includes individuals identifying with either a single ethnic group (full ancestry) or with a mixed heritage from multiple groups (partial ancestry).}}
! colspan="3" |Full ancestry{{efn|Full ancestry  only includes those who identify with a single group, without any mixed heritage.}}
|-
!Rank
!Population
!%
!Rank
!Population
!%
|-
|[[German Americans|German]]||1||19,608|| 34.63||1 ||6,551 ||11.57 
|-
|[[Irish Americans|Irish]]||2||8,895|| 15.71||4 ||1,515 ||2.68
|-
|[[Swedish Americans|Swedish]]||3||8,368|| 14.78||3 ||2,380 ||4.20 
|-
|[[English Americans|English]]||4||6,992|| 12.35 ||2 ||2,766 ||4.89 
|-
|[[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]]||5||6,463|| 11.41||5 ||1,467 ||2.59 
|-
|[[Polish Americans|Polish]]||6||3,127||5.52||7 ||637 || 1.13
|-
|[[French Americans|French]]||7||2,846||5.03||9 ||359 || 0.63
|-
|[[Italian Americans|Italian]]||8||1,859||3.28||8 ||509 || 0.90
|-
|[[Nordic and Scandinavian Americans|Scandinavian]]||9||1,692||2.99||6 ||985 || 1.74
|-
|[[Scottish Americans|Scottish]]||10 ||1,239 ||2.19 ||15||118||0.21
|-
|[[Danish Americans|Danish]]||11 ||945 ||1.67 ||12||144||0.25
|-
|[[Dutch Americans|Dutch]]||12 ||908 ||1.60 ||11||146||0.26
|-
|[[Finnish Americans|Finnish]]||13 ||900 ||1.59 ||10||257||0.45
|-
|[[Czech Americans|Czech]]||14 ||884 ||1.56 ||13||142||0.25
|-
|[[Mexican Americans|Mexican]]||15 ||883 ||1.56 ||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
|-
|[[French-Canadian Americans|French-Canadian]]||16 ||691 ||1.22 ||14||139||0.25
|}
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===Nativity===
[[file:Swedish ancestry in Chisago County, MN (2020).svg|thumb|right|200px|Percent of population reporting Swedish ancestry in 2020 by census tract<ref name="w828">{{cite web | title=2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A) | website=Census.gov | date=2024-08-01 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/dec/2020-census-detailed-dhc-a.html | access-date=2025-04-14}}</ref>]]
In 2021, 97.9% of residents were born in the United States, and 78.5% had been born in Minnesota. Among the foreign-born population, 56.5% were naturalized U.S. citizens. 97.1% of residents spoke only English at home. 

From the late 19th to mid-20th century, a majority of the foreign-born population was born in Sweden.<ref name="Social Explorer k158" /><ref name="Social Explorer n309" /> As of 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 1,174 people were foreign born, or 2.06% of the total population. Of these, about 40% were born in Asia, 30% in [[Latin America]], 15% in Canada, 10% in Europe, and 5% in Africa.<ref name="t179" /> 

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible left" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
|+ Country of birth of foreign born population, 1930–1970 
|-
! rowspan="3" | Country of birth
|-
! colspan="2|1900
! colspan="2|1930<ref name="Social Explorer k158">{{cite web | title=Social Explorer | website=Social Explorer | url=https://www.socialexplorer.com/tables/Census1930/R13554521 | access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
! colspan="2|1940<ref name="Social Explorer n309">{{cite web | title=Social Explorer | website=Social Explorer | url=https://www.socialexplorer.com/tables/C1940CompDS/R13554540 | access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
! colspan="2|1970
|-
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
|-
| {{Flag|Sweden}} || 4,215 || 84.00 || 2,319 || 84.85 || 1,541 || 82.45 ||  220 || 59.46
|-
| {{Flag|Germany}} || 390 || 2.94 || 133 || 4.86 || 92 || 4.93 || 52 || 14.05 
|-
| {{Flag|Norway}} ||69 || 1.38|| 94 || 3.44 || 77 || 4.12 || 8 || 2.16 
|-
| {{Flag|Canada}} || 128 || 2.55 || 56 || 2.05  || 38 || 2.03 || 16 || 4.32
|-
| {{Flag|Denmark}} || 55 || 0.42 || 41 || 1.50  || 40 || 2.14 || 6 ||1.62 
|-
| Other || 161 || 3.21 || 90 || 3.29  || 80 || 4.28 || 68 || 18.38 

|-
! Total foreign born || 5,018 || 100.00|| 2,733 || 100.00 || 1,868 || 100.00 || 370 || 100.0 
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+Country of birth of foreign born population, 2022<ref name="t179">{{cite web | publisher=United States Census Bureau | title=Explore Census Data | website=Explore Census Data | url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=b05006&g=050XX00US27025 | access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref>
! Country  
! Number
! Percent
|-
| {{Flag|Mexico}}
|201
|17.12
|-
| {{Flag|Canada}}
|178
|15.16
|-
| {{Flag|Philippines}}
|116
|9.88
|-
| {{Flag|Thailand}}
|68
|5.79
|-
|{{Flag|Laos}}
| 64
|5.45
|-
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|61
|5.20
|-
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|60
|5.11
|-
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|51
|4.34
|-
|{{Flag|China}}
|37
|3.15
|-
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|36
|3.07
|-
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|30
|2.56
|-
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|28
|2.38
|-
|Other
|244
|20.79
|-
! Total
! 1,174
! 100.00
|-
|}

===Religion===
[[File:Chisago Lake Evangelical Lutheran Church.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Chisago Lake Evangelical Lutheran Church]]

The 2020 U.S. Religion Census conducted by the [[Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies]] found that 7,549 Chisago County residents were affiliated with the [[Catholic Church]], 6,098 with the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], and 2,975 with the [[Assemblies of God]].<ref name="C 2023">{{cite web | last=C | first=Joel | title=Congregational Membership | website=theARDA | date=April 24, 2023 | url=https://thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&t=0&c=27025 | access-date=April 24, 2023}}</ref>

A notable religious building in Chisago County is the Chisago Lake Lutheran Church. The church was founded in 1890 and has been in Center City since 1906. It is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Another prominent religious building in the county is the First United Methodist Church of Lindström. The church has served the community for over 130 years.

The Church of St. Joseph in Taylors Falls is a Catholic church that was founded in 1854. The current building was constructed in 1896.

===Transportation===
Among workers 16 years and older, 80.3% commuted to work by car, 9.0% [[carpooling|carpooled]], 1.6% used public transit, and 2.2% walked, biked, or used some other method. 7.0% [[Remote work|worked from home]]. The median household income was $86,900, slightly above the state average. 6.4% of residents lived below the [[Poverty in the United States|poverty line]], and 2.5% were unemployed. 86.4% of housing in the county was [[owner-occupancy|owner-occupied]].