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1885 Minnesota Census
Racial Population By County
The 1885 census provides a glimpse into the racial make-up of the State of Minnesota at that time. Using KinSource's 1885 Minnesota Census database, statistical summaries have been created showing the races of residents by county. KinSource will add more counties as they are transcribed. |
The following describes the designations used for Race in the 1885 Minnesota Census: Color - White (W), Full blood negroes (B), Mulattoes, mixed with negroes (M), full blood Indian (I), Half-breed, mixed white and Indian (H). Although not listed in the instructions, the letter "C" is specified in some schedules for Chinese. "NS" indicates that the race of the individual was not specified. |
County | W | B | M | I | H | C | NS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aitkin | 1,353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Anoka | 10,073 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Becker | 7,424 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Beltrami | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Benton | 4,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
Big Stone | 4,697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blue Earth | 26,439 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Brown | 13,974 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carlton | 3,133 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Carver | 15,953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Cass | 1,125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Chippewa | 6,561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
County | W | B | M | I | H | C | NS |
Chisago | 9,762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Clay | 10,340 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cook | 78 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
Cottonwood | 5,894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Crow Wing | 8,740 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dakota | 18,510 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 8 |
Dodge | 10,462 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Douglas | 12,921 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Faribault | 15,162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fillmore | 26,676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Freeborn | 16,622 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goodhue | 31,089 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
County | W | B | M | I | H | C | NS |
Grant | 5,198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hennepin | 147,828 | 467 | 270 | 46 | 38 | 32 | 50 |
Houston | 15,475 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hubbard | 848 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Isanti | 7,028 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Itasca | 237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jackson | 6,059 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Kanabec | 1,090 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Kandiyohi | 12,848 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kittson | 3,330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 5 |
Lac Qui Parle | 7,841 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lake | 416 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
County | W | B | M | I | H | C | NS |
Le Sueur | 18,516 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
Lincoln | 4,349 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Lyon | 7,922 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Marshall | 5,559 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martin | 6,428 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
McLeod | 15,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Meeker | 14,489 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mille Lacs | 1,897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morrison | 9,372 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
Mower | 15,273 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Murray | 5,046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nicollet | 13,331 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
County | W | B | M | I | H | C | NS |
Nobles | 5,632 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Norman | 8,333 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Olmsted | 20,509 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Otter Tail | 31,511 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pine | 2,098 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Pipestone | 3,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polk | 23,428 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 |
Pope | 8,706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ramsey | 115,471 | 512 | 111 | 56 | 34 | 29 | 0 |
Redwood | 6,415 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
Renville | 13,122 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rice | 24,869 | 24 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
County | W | B | M | I | H | C | NS |
Rock | 5,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
St Louis | 20,342 | 10 | 1 | 71 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Scott | 14,137 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Sherburne | 5,640 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sibley | 13,115 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Stearns | 28,697 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Steele | 12,722 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stevens | 4,504 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swift | 8,283 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
Todd | 9,643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Traverse | 2,861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wabasha | 18,003 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
County | W | B | M | I | H | C | NS |
Wadena | 3,552 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Waseca | 13,340 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | 29,676 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Watonwan | 5,994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wilkin | 3,721 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Winona | 31,869 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Wright | 22,788 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yellow Medicine | 7,859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1,113,442 | 1,302 | 531 | 569 | 784 | 95 | 238 |
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