Anoka County
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county in Minnesota, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Anoka County is referenced by 622 other articles, and connects out to African Americans, Pipestone County and Native Hawaiians.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MN.
Vinony files it under 1857 establishments in Minnesota Territory, Accuracy disputes from March 2024 and Anoka County, Minnesota.
Its subject is documented across 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- May 23, 1857
- Named after
- City of Anoka
- Seat
- Anoka
- Largest city
- Blaine
- Total
- 446 sq mi (1,160 km )
- Land
- 423 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 23 sq mi (60 km ) 5.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 381,605
- Density
- 862/sq mi (333/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 3rd , 5th , 6th
- Website
- www .anokacountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Anoka County, MN - Official Website | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 363887
- Area
- 1156
- Official website
- www.co.anoka.mn.us
- Image
- Anoka County Courthouse Anoka Minnesota.jpg
- Households
- 129308
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- Commons category
- Anoka County, Minnesota
- native label
- Anoka County
- inception
- 1857-05-23
- water as percent of area
- 5.2
- per capita income
- 37804
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Encyclopedic overview
Anoka County (/əˈnoʊkə/ ə-NOH-kə) is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, its population was 363,887. The county seat and namesake of the county is the city of Anoka, which is derived from the Dakota word anoka, meaning "on (or from) both sides", referring to its location on both banks of the Rum River. The county's largest city is Blaine, the tenth-largest city in Minnesota and sixth-largest Twin Cities suburb.
Anoka County comprises the north portion of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul statistical area, the state's largest metropolitan area and the 16th-largest in the United States, with about 3.64 million residents.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anoka County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.