Nobles County, Minnesota

Nobles County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 20,832. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,9 (722 ). 1,853 km² (715 sq mi) of it is land and 18 km² (7 sq mi) of it (0.96%) is water.

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 * East Graham Lake:
 * Fulda First Lake:
 * Indian Lake:
 * Iowa Lake: western half in ; eastern half in in
 * Jack Lake:
 * Kinbrae Lake:
 * Lake Bella:
 * Ocheda: and
 * Okabena Lake:
 * West Graham Lake:
 * Willow Lake: southern third in ; northern two thirds in of

Adjacent counties

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 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 20,832 people, 7,939 households, and 5,517 families residing in the county. The was 11/km² (29/sq mi). There were 8,465 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (12/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 86.50%, 1.07% or , 0.31% , 3.98% , 0.07% , 6.64% from , and 1.43% from two or more races. 11.16% of the population were or  of any race. 47.0% were of, 8.3% and 8.0%  ancestry according to.

There were 7,939 households out of which 32.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.10% 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 3.11.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.50% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,684, and the median income for a family was $43,076. Males had a median income of $27,853 versus $20,346 for females. The for the county was $16,987. About 8.20% of families and 11.70% of the population were below the, including 15.30% of those under age 18 and 12.50% of those age 65 or over.