Nicollet County, Minnesota

Nicollet County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 29,771. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,209 (467 ). 1,171 km² (452 sq mi) of it is land and 38 km² (15 sq mi) of it (3.14%) is water.

Lakes

 * Annexstad Lake: in
 * Erickson Lake: in
 * Middle Lake: the southwestern Middle Lake is in ; the northeastern Middle Lake is in, , and
 * Oak Leaf Lake: in
 * Overson Lake: in
 * Rice Lake: in
 * Sand Lake: in
 * Swan Lake: about a quarter of the northwest part of the lake is in ; about three eighths of the southwest part is in ; another three eighths is in ; a very small part of the southeast shore is in

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 29,771 people, 10,642 households, and 7,311 families residing in the county. The was 25/km² (66/sq mi). There were 11,240 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (25/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.37%, 0.80% or , 0.26% , 1.14% , 0.02% , 0.65% from , and 0.75% from two or more races. 1.80% of the population were or  of any race. 49.2% were of, 13.3% , 6.8% and 5.4%  ancestry according to.

There were 10,642 households out of which 35.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.50% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 16.40% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 10.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 99.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $46,170, and the median income for a family was $55,694. Males had a median income of $36,236 versus $25,344 for females. The for the county was $20,517. About 4.30% of families and 7.50% of the population were below the, including 6.70% of those under age 18 and 8.00% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† Mankato is mainly in but extends into Nicollet County. ‡ North Mankato is mainly in Nicollet County but extends into Blue Earth County.