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{{short description|County in Minnesota, United States}}
{{For|the suburban city in Anoka County|Ramsey, Minnesota}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Ramsey County
| state = Minnesota
| seal =
| founded year = 1849<ref>{{
| founded date = October 27
| seat wl = Saint Paul
| largest city wl = Saint Paul
| area_total_sq_mi = 170
| area_land_sq_mi = 152
| area_water_sq_mi = 18
| area percentage = 11%
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_total = 552352
| pop_est_as_of =
| population_est =
| density_sq_mi = 3633.9
| time zone = Central
| footnotes =
| web = www.ramseycounty.us
| named for = [[Alexander Ramsey]]
| ex image = Saint Paul City Hall.jpg
| ex image cap = [[Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse|Ramsey County Courthouse]]
| district = 4th
| district2 = 5th
}}
'''Ramsey County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 552,352,<ref name="QF">{{
Ramsey County is included in the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]-[[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]], MN-[[Wisconsin|WI]] [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. It is the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota, as well as one of the [[County statistics of the United States#Most densely populated|most densely populated counties in the
==History==
With the establishment of the [[Minnesota Territory]] in 1849, nine counties, including Ramsey County, were created. In 1849, Ramsey County included all of what later became the present-day counties of Ramsey, Anoka, Isanti, and Kanabec; and part of Washington, Pine, Carlton, Aitkin, Mille Lacs, and Hennepin. One of Ramsey County's early settlers was Heman Gibbs, whose farm is now operated as the [[Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life]] ([[Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life|Gibbs Farm]]<ref name="GibbsFarmRamseyCounty">{{
==Government and politics==
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===County Sheriff===
The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office was established in the old [[Minnesota Territory]] in 1849.<ref name="about">{{
The sheriff's office provides patrol and investigation for communities without local police forces and is available as backup for all communities. In addition to enforcing the law throughout the county, the office provides town police services under contract to [[Arden Hills, Minnesota|Arden Hills]], [[Falcon Heights, Minnesota|Falcon Heights]], [[Little Canada, Minnesota|Little Canada]], [[North Oaks, Minnesota|North Oaks]], [[Shoreview, Minnesota|Shoreview]], [[Vadnais Heights, Minnesota|Vadnais Heights]] and [[White Bear, Minnesota|White Bear Township.]]<ref name="about" />
The Ramsey County Sheriff's office provides a number of unique services across the county as mandated by law. This includes detention for court and other court services. This also includes safety, rescue and law enforcement on the waterways. Proactively, the Sheriff's office provides multiple safety classes and coordinates community volunteer efforts. The office is responsible for the county jail, more officially the "Adult Detention Center." The facility has a capacity of five hundred prisoners and a staff of about 150.
On August 25, 2022, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher announced that the Sheriff's office would be featured on the show ''[[On Patrol: Live]]'', airing on [[Reelz]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wiita |first=Tommy |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Ramsey County Sheriff's Office to be featured on 'On Patrol: Live' |url=https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/ramsey-county-sheriffs-office-to-be-featured-on-on-patrol-live |access-date=August 30, 2022 |work=[[Bring Me The News]] |language=en}}</ref> However an agreement was not reached, Sheriff Bob Fletcher continues a broadcast of many of his and his deputies' shifts.
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===County Attorney===
The Ramsey County Attorney prosecutes felony crimes which are committed within the jurisdiction of Ramsey County. The current County Attorney is [[John Choi (attorney)|John Choi]], who was elected in 2010.
===County Commissioners===
The county commission elects a [[chairperson|chair]] who presides at meetings.
Commissioners as of January
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! Commissioner
! In office since
! Current term expires<br />on December 31 of
|-
|1st || Nicole Joy Frethem || 2019 || 2024
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|2nd || Mary Jo McGuire || 2013 || 2024
|-
|3rd || Trista MatasCastillo (
|-
|4th ||
|-
|5th || Rafael Ortega || 1995 ||
|-
|6th ||
|-
|7th || Victoria Reinhardt || 1997 || 2024
|}
{{PresHead|place=Ramsey County, Minnesota|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=March 21, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 12,426 votes, while Socialist candidate [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 2,942 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 275 votes, and [[Socialist Labor Party of America|Socialist Labor]] candidate [[Arthur Reimer]] received 167 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|77,376|211,620|6,981|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|70,894|177,738|24,511|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|86,800|184,938|7,084|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|88,942|182,974|5,470|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|97,096|171,846|3,635|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|87,669|138,470|18,139|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|66,954|133,878|27,381|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|68,206|130,932|52,777|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|88,736|143,767|2,393|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|95,667|141,623|2,153|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|78,860|124,774|29,110|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|86,480|133,682|7,905|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|95,716|108,392|5,843|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|64,068|122,568|9,020|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|56,898|133,948|746|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|77,408|108,464|655|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|80,701|87,784|554|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|76,093|93,783|1,494|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|48,142|88,528|4,217|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|53,052|78,759|1,933|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|57,093|78,990|2,082|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|30,553|86,286|13,889|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|38,589|66,128|3,263|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|53,054|56,807|1,049|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|39,566|8,407|35,046|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|40,204|21,110|7,273|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|13,317|22,291|2,353|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|4,109|12,431|15,810|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|16,556|11,613|2,131|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|18,269|5,860|1,889|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|15,384|10,931|1,030|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|17,522|12,048|817|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|11,307|12,817|2,802|Minnesota}}
==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|170|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|152|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|18|sqmi}} (11%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{
===Adjacent counties===
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===Rail===
Ramsey County is a major freight hub along [[BNSF Railway|BNSF's]] [[Northern Transcon|Northern Transcon route]], as well as being served by [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] and [[Canadian Pacific Railway|Canadian Pacific]].<ref>{{
[[Amtrak]] offers daily intercity passenger rail service on the ''[[Empire Builder]]'' from [[Saint Paul Union Depot|Union Depot]] in Saint Paul.<ref>{{
===
Ramsey County is served by several interstate highways, including [[Interstate 35]] and [[Interstate 94]]. I-35 has two routes through Ramsey County. [[Interstate 35E (Minnesota)|I-35E]] enters the county from Dakota County to the south and proceeds north through Saint Paul, where it intersects I-94, then continues north to Little Canada, where it runs east concurrently with [[Interstate 694|I-694]] for several miles before turning north through North Oaks to Washington County. [[Interstate 35W (Minnesota)|I-35W]] crosses from Minneapolis to the west through Saint Anthony before turning north through New Brighton, where it intersects I-694, and then to Anoka County where it goes on to rejoin I-35E in Washington County.<ref name="mndot-ramsey-highway-map">{{
Near the western edge of the county, I-94 enters from Minneapolis where it runs almost parallel to [[University Avenue (Minneapolis–Saint Paul)|University Avenue]] until it meets I-35E in Saint Paul and continues east to Washington County. [[Interstate 494|I-494]] passes through the southeast corner of the county between Dakota and Washington Counties. From Anoka County in the west, I-694 takes a path through New Brighton, where it meets I-35W, to the junction with I-35E in Little Canada and finally to Washington County in the east.<ref name="mndot-ramsey-highway-map" />
Ramsey County is also accessible by several [[United States Numbered Highway System|U.S. Highways]], in particular [[U.S. Route 10|US 10]], [[U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota|US 52]], and [[U.S. Route 61|US 61]]. US 10 enters from Washington County in the south and continues north to meet I-94 just east of Saint Paul where it turns west to run concurrently with I-94, I-35E, I-694, and finally I-35W before continuing northwest to Anoka County. US 52 runs from [[South Saint Paul, Minnesota|South Saint Paul]] in Dakota County north to downtown Saint Paul where it meets I-94 and turns west to run concurrently with it all the way to the North Dakota border. From the south, US 61 runs concurrently with US 10 and then I-94 until it continues northeast on surface streets through the East Side of Saint Paul. From Saint Paul, US 61 continues north through Maplewood and White Bear Lake before crossing the border into Washington County.<ref name="mndot-ramsey-highway-map" />
In addition to these federal highways, Ramsey County is served by a number of Minnesota State Highways, including MN 36 and MN 51 which are divided highways for much of their length.<ref name="mndot-ramsey-highway-map" />
The county also has jurisdiction over 264.108 miles of [[County state aid highways|County State Aid Highways]] as well as 21,031 miles of county roads and 59 bridges that are maintained and monitored by the Public Works Department of Ramsey County.<ref name="pwd-2021-improvement-plan">{{
====Major highways====
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===Air===
The primary airport serving Ramsey County is [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport]], located in neighboring [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]]. The only airport located in Ramsey County is [[Saint Paul Downtown Airport]], a smaller commercial airport with three runways primarily used for general aviation and military operations.<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=STP|use=PU|own=PU|site=10974.*A}}, effective
==Demographics==
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|2020= 552352
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[[File:RamseyCountyMn2022PopPyr.png|thumb|2022 US Census [[population pyramid]] for Ramsey County, from [[American Community Survey|ACS]] 5-year estimates]]
===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Ramsey County, Minnesota - Demographic Profile'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 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) - Ramsey County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US27123&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 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) - Ramsey County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US27123&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|340,194
|320,477
|66.89%
|58.02%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|54,835
|70,101
|10.78%
|12.69%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3,143
|2,914
|0.62%
|0.53%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|59,033
|85,775
|11.61%
|15.53%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|195
|214
|0.04%
|0.04%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|737
|2,339
|0.15%
|0.42%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|14,020
|25,498
|2.76%
|4.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|36,483
|45,034
|7.17%
|8.15%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''508,640'''
|'''552,352'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''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.''
===2010===
As of the [[2010 United States census|2010
According to the 2010–2015 [[American Community Survey]], the largest ancestry groups were
===2000===
At the [[2000 United States census|2000
There were 201,236 households, out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.00% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.40% were non-families. 32.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.16.
In the county, 25.60% of the population was
The median income for a household in the county was $45,722, and the median income for a family was $57,747. (These figures had risen to $53,141 and $71,485, respectively, as of 2008.) Males had a median income of $39,806 versus $30,814 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $23,536. About 7.40% of families and 10.60% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.70% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.
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* [[New Brighton, Minnesota|New Brighton]]
* [[North Oaks, Minnesota|North Oaks]]
* [[North St. Paul, Minnesota|North
* [[Roseville, Minnesota|Roseville]]
* [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]] (county seat)
* [[Shoreview, Minnesota|Shoreview]]
* [[Spring Lake Park, Minnesota|Spring Lake Park]] (partial)
* [[St. Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota|
* [[Vadnais Heights, Minnesota|Vadnais Heights]]
* [[White Bear Lake, Minnesota|White Bear Lake]] (partial)
===
* Mounds View Township (defunct)
* New Canada Township (defunct)<ref>{{Cite map |title=Index to Ramsey County Plats |date=April 1931 |publisher=The St. Paul Abstract Company |url=https://historicmapworks.com/Map/US/487762/Index+Map+002/Ramsey+County+1931/Minnesota/ |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref>
* Rose Township (defunct)<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |title=A Brief History of Roseville |url=https://www.cityofroseville.com/300/History |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=City of Roseville |quote=In 1850 Rose Township was established}}</ref>
* [[White Bear Township, Ramsey County, Minnesota|White Bear Township]]
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* [[Bald Eagle, Minnesota|Bald Eagle]]
* [[Bellaire, Minnesota|Bellaire]]
==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ramsey County, MN |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27123_ramsey/DC20SD_C27123.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722182532/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27123_ramsey/DC20SD_C27123.pdf |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2022 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27123_ramsey/DC20SD_C27123_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Mounds View Public School District]]
* [[North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District]]
* [[Roseville Public School District]]
* [[St. Anthony-New Brighton Schools]]
* [[St. Paul Public School District]]
* [[White Bear Lake School District]]
[[Charter schools]] include:
* [[Hmong College Prep Academy]]
* [[Metro Deaf School]]
==See also==
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