Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Le Sueur County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 25,426. Its is. The county is named for the French explorer who visited the area in 1700.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,227 (474 ). 1,162 km² (448 sq mi) of it is land and 66 km² (25 sq mi) of it (5.35%) is water.

Lakes

 * Borer Lake: in
 * Bossuot Lake: in
 * Clear Lake: in
 * Diamond Lake: in
 * Dietz Lake: in
 * Dog Lake: in
 * Dora Lake: in
 * Eggert Lake: in
 * Ely Lake: in
 * Emily Lake: mostly in, but the southern fifth is in
 * Fish Lake: in
 * German Lake: mostly in, but the northern shore extends into
 * Goldsmith Lake: in
 * Goose Lake: in
 * Goose Lake: there is another Goose Lake in
 * Gorman Lake: in
 * Greenleaf Lake: in
 * Harkridge Lake: in
 * Huoy Lake: in
 * Horseshoe Lake: western two thirds is in ; the eastern two thirds is in
 * Lake Emily: in
 * Lake Frances: in
 * Lake Henry: in
 * Lake Jefferson: the southwestern part is in ; the northwestern part is in ; the eastern part is in and the extreme northeastern part just barely reaches into in
 * Lake Mabel: in
 * Lake Pepin: in
 * Lake Tustin: in
 * Lake Volney: mostly in, but the northern part is in , the northwestern part is in , and the southwestern part is in
 * Lake Washington: the northeastern two thirds is in and the southwestern third is in
 * Mareks Lake: in
 * Mary Lake: in
 * Mud Lake: in
 * Mud Lake: there is another Mud Lake in
 * Mud Lake: there is a third Mud Lake in
 * North Goldsmith Lake: in
 * Perch Lake: in
 * Rays Lake: in
 * Rice Lake: in
 * Roemhildts Lake: in
 * Round Lake: in
 * Sabre Lake: in
 * Sakatah Lake: western half is in ; the eastern half is in
 * Sanborn Lake: in
 * Sasse Lake: in
 * Savidge Lake: in
 * Scotch Lake: in
 * Shanghai Lake: in
 * Sheas Lake: in
 * Silver Lake: in
 * Silver Lake: there is another Silver Lake in
 * Sleepy Eye Lake: in
 * Steele Lake: in
 * Sunfish Lake" almost entirely in, but the southern tip extends into
 * Tetonka Lake (start of ): in
 * Thomas Lake: in
 * Tyler Lake: in

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 25,426 people, 9,630 households, and 6,923 families residing in the county. The was 22/km² (57/sq mi). There were 10,858 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (24/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.56%, 0.15% or , 0.26% , 0.30% , 0.04% , 2.02% from , and 0.67% from two or more races. 3.92% of the population were or  of any race. 44.9% were of, 9.0% , 9.0% and 8.2%  ancestry according to. 94.0% spoke, 3.5% and 1.7%  as their first language.

There were 9,630 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.40% were living together, 6.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 23.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.40% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $45,933, and the median income for a family was $53,000. Males had a median income of $34,196 versus $24,214 for females. The for the county was $20,151. About 4.80% of families and 6.90% of the population were below the, including 7.50% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† A small part of these cities extends into another county. ‡ Mankato is a city of but a part extends into Le Sueur County.