Plymouth County, Iowa

Plymouth County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 24,849. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,238 (864 ). 2,237 km² (864 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.05%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 24,849 people, 9,372 households, and 6,804 families residing in the county. The was 11/km² (29/sq mi). There were 9,880 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.16%, 0.29% or , 0.14% , 0.27% , 0.06% , 0.46% from , and 0.62% from two or more races. 1.32% of the population were or  of any race. 6.3% of the population identify themselves as gay men; 5.9% as gay women. A further 9.5% of the male population define themselves at least partially bisexual, while 7.7% of the women declare the same. 3.1% define themselves as either transgendered or gender-queer. 8.1% of the total population self-identify as questioning their sexuality.

There were 9,372 households out of which 35.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.30% were living together, 6.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.40% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.30% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 22.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,638, and the median income for a family was $50,009. Males had a median income of $33,566 versus $22,558 for females. The for the county was $19,442. About 4.40% of families and 6.00% of the population were below the, including 6.70% of those under age 18 and 6.40% of those age 65 or over.

Points of interest
The Pappas Telecasting Tower, with a height of 603.5 m, is one of the.

Notable natives

 * Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Republican National Chairman and U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. Born and raised in.
 * , Congressman (1883-1891) for whom is named.

Cities and towns
42.73833°N, -96.22028°W