Carlton County, Minnesota

Carlton County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 31,671. Its is. A portion of the is in the county. Carlton County is included by the in the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,267 (875 ). 2,228 km² (860 sq mi) of it is land and 39 km² (15 sq mi) of it (1.70%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 31,671 people, 12,064 households, and 8,408 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (37/sq mi). There were 13,721 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 91.75%, 0.97% or , 5.19% , 0.35% , 0.01% , 0.21% from , and 1.52% from two or more races. 0.84% of the population were or  of any race. 18.5% were of, 16.9% , 12.5% , 11.8% and 5.8%  ancestry according to. 95.5% spoke, 1.8% and 1.1%  as their first language.

There were 12,064 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.30% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.00% 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 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.40% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 102.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.20 males. The median income for a household in the county was $40,021, and the median income for a family was $48,406. Males had a median income of $38,788 versus $25,555 for females. The for the county was $18,073. About 5.40% of families and 7.90% of the population were below the, including 8.20% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over.