Editing Cook County, Minnesota (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 65
|1890= 98
|1900= 810
|1910= 1336
|1920= 1841
|1930= 2435
|1940= 3030
|1950= 2900
|1960= 3377
|1970= 3423
|1980= 4092
|1990= 3868
|2000= 5168
|2010= 5176
|2020= 5600
|estyear=2023
|estimate=5639
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br/>1790-1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=August 11, 2012 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mn190090.txt |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br/>1990-2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF" />
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Cook County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web |title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cook County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Cook%20County,%20Minnesota&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|4,670
|83.4%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|25
|0.45%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|450
|8.04%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|48
|0.9%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|1
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|283
|5.1%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|123
|2.2%
|}

===2000 census===
[[File:CookCountyMn2022PopPyr.png|thumb|right|2022 US Census [[population pyramid]] for Cook County, from [[American Community Survey|ACS]] 5-year estimates]]
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 5,168 people, 2,350 households, and 1,438 families in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3.56|/mi2|/km2}}. There were 4,708 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3.24|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 89.45% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 7.59% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.33% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.29% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.05% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 21.6% were of [[German people|German]], 17.7% [[norwegian people|Norwegian]], 11.5% [[swedish people|Swedish]], 7.2% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 5.4% [[English people|English]] ancestry.

There were 2,350 households, of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.73.

The county population contained 20.4% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,640, and the median income for a family was $47,132. Males had a median income of $31,211 versus $23,650 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $21,775. About 8.1% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.