Carver County, Minnesota

Carver County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 70,205. Its is. Carver County is named after the explorer.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 974 (376 ). 925 km² (357 sq mi) of it is land and 49 km² (19 sq mi) of it (5.08%) is water.

Lakes

 * Assumption Lake: in
 * Aue Lake: in
 * Barlous Lake: in
 * Barnes Lake: in
 * Benton Lake: in
 * Berliner Lake: in
 * Brand Lake: in
 * Braunworth Lake: in
 * Buck Lake: in
 * Burandt Lake: in
 * Carl Krey Lake: in
 * Donders Lake: in
 * Eagle Lake: in
 * Gaystock Lake: in
 * Goose Lake: mostly in, but the northern fifth is in
 * Hallquist Lake: in
 * Hydes Lake: in
 * Kelly Lake: in
 * Lake Auburn: in
 * Lake Patterson: in
 * Lake Virginia: in
 * Lake Waconia: mostly in, but the eastern fifth is in
 * Lake Zumbra: in
 * Lippert Lake: western half is in ; eastern half is in
 * Long Lake: in
 * Lunsten Lake: in
 * Maria Lake: western half is in ; eastern half is in
 * Marsh Lake: in
 * Meuwissen Lake: in
 * Miller Lake: in
 * Mud Lake: in
 * Myers Lake: in
 * Oak Lake: in
 * Parley Lake: in
 * Piersons Lake: in
 * Rice Lake: mostly in, but the northern part extends into
 * Rietz Lake: in
 * Rutz Lake: in
 * Schutz Lake: in
 * Scott Lake: in
 * Smith Lake: in
 * Stieger Lake: in
 * Stone Lake: in
 * Sunny Lake: in
 * Swan Lake: in
 * Swede Lake: in
 * Tiger Lake: in
 * Turbid Lake: in
 * Wasserman Lake: in
 * Winkler Lake: in
 * Young America Lake: in

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (northeast)
 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 70,205 people, 24,356 households, and 18,778 families residing in the county. The was 76/km² (197/sq mi). There were 24,883 housing units at an average density of 27/km² (70/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.95%, 0.59% or , 0.18% , 1.56% , 0.01% , 0.87% from , and 0.82% from two or more races. 2.55% of the population were or  of any race. 44.3% were of, 12.1% , 7.1% and 6.2%  ancestry according to.

There were 24,356 households out of which 45.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.40% were living together, 7.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.90% were non-families. 18.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.26.

In the county the population was spread out with 31.50% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 34.70% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 7.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 100.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $65,540, and the median income for a family was $73,577. Males had a median income of $47,271 versus $32,107 for females. The for the county was $28,486. About 2.30% of families and 3.50% of the population were below the, including 3.60% of those under age 18 and 6.90% of those age 65 or over. Carver County is the 14th richest county in America.