Lincoln County, Washington

Lincoln County is a located in the  of. It is named after. As of, the population is 10,184. The county seat is at, which is also the county's largest city.

Lincoln County was created out of on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 6,060 (2,340 ). 5,986 km² (2,311 sq mi) of it is land and 74 km² (29 sq mi) of it (1.22%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,184 people, 4,151 households, and 2,914 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (4/sq mi). There were 5,298 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.64%, 0.23% or , 1.63% , 0.25% , 0.07% , 0.58% from , and 1.61% from two or more races. 1.88% of the population were or  of any race. 36.6% were of, 10.5% , 9.3% or American and 5.8%  ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 4,151 households out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were living together, 6.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.30% 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 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 5.20% from 18 to 24, 23.20% from 25 to 44, 27.40% from 45 to 64, and 19.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 98.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,255, and the median income for a family was $41,269. Males had a median income of $31,086 versus $22,444 for females. The for the county was $17,888. About 8.40% of families and 12.60% of the population were below the, including 17.60% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.

Economy
The county is completely dependent on agriculture, primarily wheat farming. Lincoln County is generally considered the second-largest producer of wheat in the United States (following ), sometimes producing 25 million bushels (680,000 t) a year. Only about 500,000 of 900,000 acres (2,000 of 3600 sqkm) of farmland in the county are planted in any given year due to the practice of typically harvesting one crop every two years, a necessity in a region with only 12 inches (300 mm) of precipitation annually.