Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Yellow Medicine County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 11,080. Its is. The is entirely within the county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,977 (763 ). 1,963 km² (758 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.71%) is water.

Lakes

 * Burton Lake: in
 * Culver Lake: eastern third is in ; the rest is in
 * Curtis Lake: in
 * Highbank Lake: in
 * Kvistid Lake: in
 * Lake Louie: in
 * Lone Tree Lake: in
 * Miedd Lake: in
 * Miller Lake: in
 * Mud Lake: in
 * in
 * Timm Lake: in
 * Tyson Lake: in
 * in

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 11,080 people, 4,439 households, and 2,974 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (15/sq mi). There were 4,873 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.09%, 0.11% or , 2.04% , 0.17% , 0.01% , 0.92% from , and 0.66% from two or more races. 1.76% of the population were or  of any race. 36.5% were of and 34.6%  ancestry according to.

There were 4,439 households out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.60% were living together, 5.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 29.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 24.20% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 20.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,393, and the median income for a family was $42,002. Males had a median income of $27,770 versus $20,870 for females. The for the county was $17,120. About 7.10% of families and 10.40% of the population were below the, including 10.40% of those under age 18 and 10.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† A small part of Granite Falls extends into.