Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

Lac qui Parle County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 8,067. Its is. The name of the county is for "lake that speaks".

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,015 (778 ). 1,981 km² (765 sq mi) of it is land and 34 km² (13 sq mi) of it (1.70%) is water. The county's northern boundary is defined by the ; two of its tributaries, the and the, also flow through the county.

Lakes

 * Case Lake: in
 * Kibler Lake: in
 * Eastern border
 * Pegg Lake: in
 * Salt Lake: mostly in, but the western fifth stretches into
 * Swanson Lake: western two thirds is in ; eastern third is in
 * Tenmile Lake: in

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,067 people, 3,316 households, and 2,225 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 3,774 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.85%, 0.16% or , 0.22% , 0.32% , 0.06% from , and 0.38% from two or more races. 0.26% of the population were or  of any race. 44.6% were of and 35.2%  ancestry according to.

There were 3,316 households out of which 27.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.80% were living together, 4.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.90% were non-families. 30.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.50% under the age of 18, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 22.70% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 23.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,626, and the median income for a family was $41,556. Males had a median income of $27,939 versus $19,681 for females. The for the county was $17,399. About 5.60% of families and 8.50% of the population were below the, including 7.80% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.