Martin County, Minnesota

Martin County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 21,802. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,890 (730 ). 1,837 km² (709 sq mi) of it is land and 52 km² (20 sq mi) of it (2.77%) is water.

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 * Amber Lake: in
 * Big Twin Lake: in
 * Bright Lake: in
 * Budd Lake: in
 * Buffalo Lake:
 * Buffalo Lake: there is another Buffalo lake in
 * Canright Lake: in
 * Cedar Lake: western part of the northern lake is in ; eastern part of the northern lake is in ; southern lake is mostly in with the southern tip extending into
 * Clayton Lake: in
 * Clear Lake: in
 * Clam Lake: in
 * Creek Lake: northern half is in southern half is in
 * Eagle Lake: in
 * East Chain Lake: mostly in, but western side is in
 * Fish Lake: in
 * Fish Lake: there is another Fish Lake in
 * Fox Lake: is mostly in, but it has a few miles of shoreline in
 * Hall Lake: in
 * High Lake: in
 * Iowa Lake: northern part is in and it extends south into ,
 * Kiester Lake: in
 * Lake Charlotte: in
 * Lake George: in
 * Lake Imogene: western part in ; eastern part in
 * Lake Seymour: is
 * Little Hat Lake: in
 * Little Twin Lake: in
 * Martin Lake: in
 * Mud Lake: in
 * Murphy Lake: in
 * North Lake:
 * North Silver Lake: in
 * mostly in, but the southern part extends into ,
 * Perch Lake: in
 * Pierce Lake: in
 * Rose Lake: in
 * Round Lake: in
 * Round Lake: there is another Round Lake in
 * Sager Lake: northern lake in ; southern lake in
 * Sisseton Lake: in
 * South Silver Lake: in
 * Susan Lake: in
 * Temperance Lake: in
 * Tuttle Lake: in
 * Watkins Lake: in
 * Wilmert Lake: in

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 21,802 people, 9,067 households, and 6,047 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (31/sq mi). There were 9,800 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.22%, 0.25% or , 0.10% , 0.42% , 0.02% , 1.26% from , and 0.73% from two or more races. 1.93% of the population were or  of any race. 51.6% were of, 11.9% , 5.9% and 5.0%  ancestry according to.

There were 9,067 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.60% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.30% were non-families. 30.00% 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 2.35 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 6.40% from 18 to 24, 24.90% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 19.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,810, and the median income for a family was $44,541. Males had a median income of $30,467 versus $21,780 for females. The for the county was $18,529. About 7.10% of families and 10.50% of the population were below the, including 15.10% of those under age 18 and 9.00% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† Ormsby is in both and Martin counties