Carlton County /

Carlton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 35,386. Its county seat is Carlton. A portion of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation is in the county. Carlton County is included by the U.S. Census Bureau in the Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 875.23 square miles (2,266.8 km), of which 860.33 square miles (2,228.2 km) (or 98.30%) is land and 14.90 square miles (38.6 km) (or 1.70%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 31,671 people, 12,064 households, and 8,408 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile (14/km²). There were 13,721 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 91.75% White, 0.97% Black or African American, 5.19% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 1.52% from two or more races. 0.84% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 18.5% were of German, 16.9% Finnish, 12.5% Norwegian, 11.8% Swedish and 5.8% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.5% spoke English, 1.8% Finnish and