Scott County, Minnesota

Scott County is a located in the  of. It was organized in 1853 and named in honor of General. As of 2000, the population was 89,498. Its is. The is located entirely within the county and within the city of Prior Lake.

Scott County is a member of the, and shares many of the council's concerns about responsible growth management, advocating for progressive development concepts such as clustering, open-space design, and the preservation of open space and rural/agricultural land.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 955 (369 ). 924 km² (357 sq mi) of it is land and 31 km² (12 sq mi) of it (3.22%) is water.

Lakes

 * Ahlswede Lake: in
 * Blue Lake: in
 * Browns Lake: in
 * Campbell Lake: in
 * Cedar Lake: western two-thirds is in ; eastern third is in
 * Cedar Lake: there is a smaller Cedar Lake in the eastern part of
 * Clark Lake: in
 * Cleary Lake: mostly in ; the western part stretches into
 * Crystal Lake: in
 * Cynthia Lake: northern two thirds is in ; the rest is in
 * Deans Lake: in
 * Dowd Lake: western third is in ; eastern two thirds is in
 * Fish Lake: in
 * Fisher Lake: in
 * Gifford Lake: in
 * Hanrahan Lake: in
 * Hickey Lake: eastern two thirds is in ; western third is in
 * Horseshoe Lake: in
 * Howard Lake: in
 * Kane Lake: in
 * Lennon Lake: in
 * Lower Prior Lake: in the city of
 * Markley Lake: eastern half is in ; the western half is in
 * McMahon Lake: in
 * Mud Lake: in
 * Murphy Lake: in
 * Pike Lake: in
 * Pleasant Lake: in
 * Rice Lake: west half is in ; east half is in
 * Rice Lake: there is another Rice Lake in
 * Rice Lake: there is a third Rice Lake in
 * Schneider Lake: in
 * Spring Lake: in and
 * St. Catherine Lake: in
 * Thole Lake: in
 * Upper Prior Lake: in

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 89,498 people, 30,692 households, and 23,970 families residing in the county. The was 97/km² (251/sq mi). There were 31,609 housing units at an average density of 34/km² (89/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.65%, 0.92% or , 0.77% , 2.17% , 0.03% , 1.24% from , and 1.21% from two or more races. 2.66% of the population were or  of any race. 39.6% were of, 12.6% , 8.3% and 5.1%  ancestry according to.

There were 30,692 households out of which 45.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.90% were living together, 7.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.90% were non-families. 16.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the county the population was spread out with 31.20% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 37.30% from 25 to 44, 18.60% from 45 to 64, and 6.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 101.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $66,612, and the median income for a family was $72,212. Males had a median income of $46,593 versus $32,482 for females. The for the county was $26,418. About 2.00% of families and 3.40% of the population were below the, including 3.40% of those under age 18 and 7.50% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† Part of New Prague extends into.