Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 298,084. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,156 (446 ). 1,097 km² (424 sq mi) of it is land and 59 km² (23 sq mi) of it (5.08%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 298,084 people, 106,428 households, and 79,395 families residing in the county. The was 272/km² (704/sq mi). There were 108,091 housing units at an average density of 99/km² (255/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.64%, 1.60% or , 0.70% , 1.69% , 0.02% , 0.65% from , and 1.71% from two or more races. 1.66% of the population were or  of any race. 30.2% were of, 14.3% , 9.0% , 7.3% and 5.9%  ancestry according to. There were 106,428 households out of which 39.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.70% were living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.40% were non-families. 19.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.90% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 34.10% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 7.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $57,754, and the median income for a family was $64,261. Males had a median income of $41,527 versus $30,534 for females. The for the county was $23,297. About 2.90% of families and 4.20% of the population were below the, including 4.90% of those under age 18 and 4.50% of those age 65 or over.

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County Commissioners
As of January 2007
 * District 1 (western Andover, western Anoka, Bethel, Burns, western Oak Grove, Ramsey, Saint Francis) - Dennis Berg, Chair
 * District 2 (northeastern Andover, northern Blaine, East Bethel, Ham Lake, eastern Oak Grove) - Dick Lang
 * District 3 (central Blaine, northern Fridley, Spring Lake Park) - Robyn West
 * District 4 (Columbia Heights, southern Fridley, Hilltop) - Jim Kordiak, Vice Chair
 * District 5 (southern Andover and eastern Coon Rapids) - Scott "Canvasback" LeDoux
 * District 6 (southeastern Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbus, Lexington, Lino Lakes, Linwood) - Rhonda Sivarajah
 * District 7 (eastern Anoka and western Coon Rapids) - Dan Erhart

Cities and towns
† only partly within Anoka County