Woodbury County, Iowa

Woodbury County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 103,877. Its is. It is the only Iowa county in the four-county Sioux City.

History
Originally established in as Wahkaw County, the Iowa  in  changed the name to Woodbury County in honor of  (-1851), a  and  of  who served as a  justice from  until his death.

The first county seat of Wahkaw County was the now-extinct village of Thompsonville; when the Legislature changed the county name to Woodbury, the new county seat became Sergeant's Bluff (now ). The county seat was moved to Sioux City in. 

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska also owns reservation land in Woodbury County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,272 (877 ). 2,260 km² (873 sq mi) of it is land and 12 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.55%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 103,877 people, 39,151 households, and 26,426 families residing in the county. The was 46/km² (119/sq mi). There were 41,394 housing units at an average density of 18/km² (47/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.48%, 2.02% or , 1.69% , 2.41% , 0.04% , 4.37% from , and 1.99% from two or more races. 9.11% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 39,151 households out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.90% were living together, 11.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.50% were non-families. 26.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.30% under the age of 18, 10.20% from 18 to 24, 28.30% from 25 to 44, 20.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,509, and the median income for a family was $46,499. Males had a median income of $31,664 versus $22,599 for females. The for the county was $18,771. About 7.20% of families and 10.30% of the population were below the, including 13.60% of those under age 18 and 7.40% of those age 65 or over.