Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Pottawattamie County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 87,704. The second largest county in Iowa, the Pottawattamie is located at. It is one of three Iowa counties in the eight-county. The county takes its name from the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,486 (960 ). 2,472 km² (954 sq mi) of it is land and 15 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.59%) is water.

Due to movement of the Missouri River and a Supreme Court ruling, part of the county,, actually lies west of the Missouri River. This part of the county cannot be reached by road without entering Nebraska; no direct bridge exists.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 87,704 people, 33,844 households, and 23,623 families residing in the county. The was 35/km² (92/sq mi). There were 35,761 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (38/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.98%, 0.77% or , 0.37% , 0.48% , 0.02% , 1.27% from , and 1.11% from two or more races. 3.30% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 33,844 households out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.60% were living together, 11.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,089, and the median income for a family was $47,105. Males had a median income of $31,642 versus $24,243 for females. The for the county was $19,275. About 6.40% of families and 8.40% of the population were below the, including 11.00% of those under age 18 and 6.30% of those age 65 or over.