Buena Vista County, Iowa

Buena Vista County is a located in the  of. It is named for the final victory field of General in the. As of 2000, the population was 20,411. Its is. Contrary to popular belief, the was not located here; it was a  in,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,502 (580 ). 1,489 km² (575 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.91%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Iowa 3.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 7.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 10.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 110.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 20,411 people, 7,499 households, and 5,121 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (36/sq mi). There were 8,145 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.00%, 0.35% or , 0.13% , 4.33% , 0.01% , 5.75% from , and 1.42% from two or more races. 12.54% of the population were or  of any race.

2005 Census estimates of the racial origins of Buena Vista County's population indicated it had the lowest percentage of non-Hispanic Whites of any county in Iowa. The non-Hispanic whites constituted 76.1% of the county's population, with African-Americans being 1.3%, Asians 3.9% and Latinos 18.6% of the population.

There were 7,499 households out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.50% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.40% under the age of 18, 12.20% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 20.20% from 45 to 64, and 16.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 100.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,300, and the median income for a family was $41,549. Males had a median income of $29,172 versus $20,252 for females. The for the county was $16,042. About 7.60% of families and 10.50% of the population were below the, including 12.60% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.