Marion County, Iowa

Marion County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 32,052. Its is. It is named for, a from  in the. Marion County is the only county in the Pella, which is part of the --Pella.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,478 (571 ). 1,435 km² (554 sq mi) of it is land and 42 km² (16 sq mi) of it (2.86%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 32,052 people, 12,017 households, and 8,532 families residing in the county. The was 22/km² (58/sq mi). There were 12,755 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (23/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.46%, 0.42% or , 0.19% , 1.03% , 0.04% , 0.22% from , and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.80% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 12,017 households out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 10.20% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 15.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,401, and the median income for a family was $50,052. Males had a median income of $36,460 versus $25,573 for females. The for the county was $18,717. About 5.20% of families and 7.60% of the population were below the, including 8.70% of those under age 18 and 10.80% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns



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