Dakota County, Nebraska

Dakota County is a located in the  of. It is part of the /Iowa//. As of 2000, the population was 20,253. The census estimate was 20,349. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Dakota County is represented by the prefix 70 (it had the seventieth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in ).

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 693 (267 ). 683 km² (264 sq mi) of it is land and 9 km² (4 sq mi) of it (1.35%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 20,253 people, 7,095 households, and 5,087 families residing in the county. The was 30/km² (77/sq mi). There were 7,528 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (28/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 78.84%, 0.62% or , 1.86% , 3.08% , 0.06% , 12.91% from , and 2.62% from two or more races. 22.62% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 7,095 households out of which 39.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.60% were living together, 11.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the county the population was spread out with 30.50% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 29.40% from 25 to 44, 20.10% from 45 to 64, and 9.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,834, and the median income for a family was $43,702. Males had a median income of $28,341 versus $22,035 for females. The for the county was $16,125. About 9.20% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the, including 14.60% of those under age 18 and 8.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities, villages and unincorporated places

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