Clearwater County, Minnesota

Clearwater County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 8,423. Its is. Clearwater County is home to, the source of the. Portions of the and  s extend into the county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,667 (1,030 ). 2,576 km² (995 sq mi) of it is land and 91 km² (35 sq mi) of it (3.41%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,423 people, 3,330 households, and 2,287 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 4,114 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 89.26%, 0.19% or , 8.58% , 0.25% , 0.01% , 0.24% from , and 1.47% from two or more races. 0.77% of the population were or  of any race. 43.6% were of, 15.6% , 6.5% and 6.2%  ancestry according to.

There were 3,330 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02. In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 24.60% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 101.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,517, and the median income for a family was $39,698. Males had a median income of $29,338 versus $20,417 for females. The for the county was $15,694. About 11.00% of families and 15.10% of the population were below the, including 18.90% of those under age 18 and 18.20% of those age 65 or over.