Winona County, Minnesota

Winona County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 49,985. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,662 (642 ). 1,622 km² (626 sq mi) of it is land and 40 km² (15 sq mi) of it (2.38%) is water.

Bodies of Water

 * Bartle Lake: in
 * Lake Winona: in
 * forms county's Eastern border with Wisconsin
 * flows northeast from the Western side of the country

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 49,985 people, 18,744 households, and 11,696 families residing in the county. The was 31/km² (80/sq mi). There were 19,551 housing units at an average density of 12/km² (31/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.80%, 0.77% or , 0.19% , 1.87% , 0.02% , 0.53% from , and 0.81% from two or more races. 1.37% of the population were or  of any race. 41.8% were of, 13.9% , 9.9% and 7.4%  ancestry according to.

There were 18,744 households out of which 30.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.30% were living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.60% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.80% under the age of 18, 18.60% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 20.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,700, and the median income for a family was $49,845. Males had a median income of $31,926 versus $23,406 for females. The for the county was $18,077. About 5.60% of families and 12.00% of the population were below the, including 9.80% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† La Crescent is in but extends into Winona County. ‡ Minneiska is located in both Winona County and.