Le Sueur County, Minnesota
| Le Sueur County, Minnesota | |
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Le Sueur County Courthouse and Jail
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 Location in the U.S. state of Minnesota |
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 Minnesota's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | March 5, 1853 |
| Named for | Pierre-Charles Le Sueur |
| Seat | Le Center |
| Largest city | Le Sueur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 474 sq mi (1,228 km2) |
| • Land | 449 sq mi (1,163 km2) |
| • Water | 25 sq mi (65 km2), 5.3% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 27,663 |
| • Density | 62/sq mi (24/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Le Sueur County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,703. Its county seat is Le Center. The county is named for the French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur who visited the area in 1700.
Le Sueur County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 474 square miles (1,230 km2), of which 449 square miles (1,160 km2) is land and 25 square miles (65 km2) (5.3%) is water. Le Sueur is one of seven Minnesota savanna region counties where no forest soils exist and one of 17 counties where savanna soils dominate.
As of the census of 2000, there were 25,426 people, 9,630 households, and 6,923 families residing in the county. The population density was 57 people per square mile (22/km²). There were 10,858 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.56% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.02% from other races, and 0.67% from two or more races. 3.92% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 44.9% were of German, 9.0% Czech, 9.0% Norwegian and 8.2% Irish ancestry. 94.0% spoke English, 3.5% Spanish and 1.7% Czech as their first language.
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