According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,869 km˛ (722 mi˛). 1,848 km˛ (714 mi˛) of it is land and 21 km˛ (8 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 1.11% water.
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 16,181 people, 6,652 households, and 4,476 families residing in the county. The population density is 9/km˛ (23/mi˛). There are 7,247 housing units at an average density of 4/km˛ (10/mi˛). The racial makeup of the county is 97.11% White, 0.24% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.36% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. 3.50% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 6,652 households out of which 28.50% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% are married couples living together, 6.10% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.70% are non-families. 29.70% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.80% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.36 and the average family size is 2.93.
In the county the population is spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 23.20% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 22.20% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $34,440, and the median income for a family is $41,793. Males have a median income of $28,990 versus $20,224 for females. The per capita income for the county is $17,193. 8.60% of the population and 5.50% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.40% of those under the age of 18 and 10.20% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Alexander Faribault was the son of a French fur trader and a woman of Dakota heritage, and had the language skills necessary to serve his varied clientele.
Several state-run institutions are located in Faribault, including a prison, a school for the blind, a school for the deaf, and a mental hospital.
FaribaultCounty, Minnesota, roughly 100 miles to the southwest, is unrelated to the city of Faribault.
His father Barthélemy Faribault, a lawyer of Paris, France, settled in Canada towards the middle of the eighteenth century and served as military secretary to the French army in Canada.
A county in southern Minnesota was named after him, and the city of that name after his eldest son.
Faribault was always kind and generous to the Indians, and tried to elevate them by teaching them the useful arts of life, and by instilling into them the principles of Christianity.
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