Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Kandiyohi County is located in the of. As of 2000, its population was 41,203. Its is.

History
Kandiyohi County was organized in with its county seat in, which was then called Kandiyohi Station and was just a railroad stop. The original county occupied only the southern half of its current area. Development was slow, and in the state legislature called for  to merge with Kandiyohi and make one larger county. It took until, to agree on the centrally located Willmar as the county seat.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,232 (862 ). 2,062 km² (796 sq mi) of it is land and 171 km² (66 sq mi) of it (7.65%) is water.

Lakes

 * Bass Lake: western half is in ; eastern half is in
 * Bear Lake: in
 * Big Kandiyohi Lake: in
 * Burr Oak Lake: in
 * Calhoun Lake: in
 * Cherry Lake: in
 * Church Lake: in
 * Crook Lake: in
 * Dog Lake: in
 * Downs Lake: in
 * Eagle Lake: western half is in ; eastern half is in
 * East Solomon Lake: in
 * East Sunburg Lake: in
 * Elkhorn Lake: in
 * Ella Lake: in
 * Emma Lake: in
 * Florida Lake: in
 * Foot Lake: in
 * Games Lake: in
 * George Lake: mostly in, but the southern part stretches into
 * Ging Lake: in
 * Green Lake: the majority of it is mostly in, but the northeastern fifth is in and the southern fifth is in
 * Hefta Lake: in
 * Henchien Lake: in
 * Henderson Lake: in
 * Henium Lake: in
 * Hubbard Lake: in
 * Johnson Lake: in
 * Knutsons Lake: in
 * Lake Andrew: in
 * Lake Carrie: in
 * Lake Eight: in
 * Lake Eleanor: mostly in, but the southern part extends into
 * Lake Elizabeth: the northern half is in and the southern half is in
 * Lake Kasota: in
 * Lake Lillian: the eastern three fifths is in and the western two fifths is in
 * Lake Minnetaga: mostly in, but he western part extneds into
 * Lindgren Lake: in
 * Little Kandiyohi Lake: the southern half is in ; the northern half is in
 * Long Lake: in
 * Long Lake: there is another Long Lake- the southern half is in and the northern half is in
 * Mamre Lake: in
 * Mary Lake: western half is in ; eastern half is in
 * Middle Lake: in
 * Mud Lake: in
 * Nest Lake: in
 * Norstedt Lake: in
 * Norway Lake: located in four different townships-, , , and
 * Olson Lake: in
 * Otter Lake: in
 * Point Lake: in
 * Prairie Lake: in
 * Ringo Lake: mostly in ; a small eastern part is in ; a small northeastern part is in and a very small northwestern part of the lake extends into in
 * Schultz Lake: in
 * Shoemaker Lake: in
 * Skataas Lake: in
 * Skull Lake: in
 * Sperry Lake: in
 * Stevens lake: in
 * St. Johns Lake: southern three quarters is in ; northern quarter is in
 * Summit Lake: in
 * Swan Lake: northern half is in and the southern half is in
 * Swan Lake: there is another Swan Lake, mostly in, but the southern part extends into
 * Swan Lake: there is a third Swan Lake in
 * Swan Lake: there is a fourth Swan Lake in
 * Swenson Lake: in
 * Taits Lake: in
 * Thompson Lake: in
 * Timber Lake: in
 * Twin Lakes: in
 * Wagonga Lake: about half of the lake is in ; the western third is in ; a small part of the lake extends into
 * West Solomon Lake: western half is in ; eastern half is in
 * West Sunburg Lake: mostly in but the southern part stretches into  and the western part extends into
 * Wheeler Lake: in
 * Willmar Lake: in
 * Woodcock Lake: in
 * Woodcock Lake: there is another Woodcock Lake, it is mostly in, but the southern part stretches into

Adjacent counties

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 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west and northwest)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 41,203 people, 15,936 households, and 10,979 families residing in the county. The was 20/km² (52/sq mi). There were 18,415 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (23/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.62%, 0.51% or , 0.33% , 0.38% , 0.07% , 4.17% from , and 0.91% from two or more races. 8.00% of the population were or  of any race. 31.4% were of, 25.8% , 9.9% and 5.6%  ancestry according to.

There were 15,936 households, out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.10% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.60% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,772, and the median income for a family was $48,016. Males had a median income of $32,272 versus $22,128 for females. The for the county was $19,627. About 5.90% of families and 9.20% of the population were below the, including 11.10% of those under age 18 and 7.90% of those age 65 or over.