Poweshiek County, Iowa

Poweshiek County is a located in southeastern part of the  of  along, between  and. It is named for the chief of the  who signed the treaty ending the. As of 2000, the population was 18,815. The city of is the.

Government
The current County Supervisors are LaMoyne Gaard, Doug Shutts, and Ellie Snook; all are.

Education
Poweshiek County is also home to and, a small   founded in 1846.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,518 (586 ). 1,515 km² (585 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.19%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 18,815 people, 7,398 households, and 4,882 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (32/sq mi). There were 8,556 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (15/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.74%, 0.55% or , 0.23% , 1.07% , 0.05% , 0.49% from , and 0.87% from two or more races. 1.20% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 7,398 households out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% 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 2.88.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 12.8% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,836, and the median income for a family was $46,599. Males had a median income of $32,781 versus $22,465 for females. The for the county was $18,629. About 6.2% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the, including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
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