Winona County, Minnesota
| Winona County, Minnesota | |
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Winona County Courthouse
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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 | February 23, 1854 |
| Named for | Winona, a female cousin of Wabasha, who was the last of three successive chiefs of the Mississippi band of Dakota with that name. |
| Seat | Winona |
| Largest city | Winona |
| Area | |
| • Total | 642 sq mi (1,663 km2) |
| • Land | 626 sq mi (1,621 km2) |
| • Water | 15 sq mi (39 km2), 2.4% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 50,885 |
| • Density | 82/sq mi (32/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Winona County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,461. Its county seat is Winona.
Winona County comprises the Winona, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The name of the county is said to derive from a Dakota legend regarding a woman, referred to as Winona, who was betrothed to marry a warrior whom she did not love. Rather than marry him, she is said to have leapt to her death from a rock now called "Maiden's Rock" on Lake Pepin. This legend is colloquially referred to as the Winona legend.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 642 square miles (1,660 km2), of which 626 square miles (1,620 km2) is land and 15 square miles (39 km2) (2.4%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,985 people, 18,744 households, and 11,696 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile (31/km²). There were 19,551 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile (12/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.80% White, 0.77% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 1.87% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 1.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 41.8% were of German, 13.9% Norwegian, 9.9% Polish and 7.4% Irish ancestry.
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