Olmsted County, Minnesota

Olmsted County is a located in the  of, founded in 1855. As of 2000, the population was 124,277. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,695 (654 ). 1,691 km² (653 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.23%) is water. It is one of four counties in the state with no natural s.

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Although Olmsted County contains no natural lakes, it does have six created by s.
 * Chester Lake:
 * Lake Florence:
 * Lake George:
 * Mayowood Lake:
 * Shady Lake: and
 * Silver Lake: and
 * Lake Zumbro (partially):

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 124,277 people, 47,807 households, and 32,317 families residing in the county. The was 73/km² (190/sq mi). There were 49,422 housing units at an average density of 29/km² (76/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.33%, 2.68% or , 0.26% , 4.27% , 0.03% , 0.92% from , and 1.51% from two or more races. 2.38% of the population were or  of any race. 33.7% were of, 16.1% , 8.0% and 5.2%  ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 47,807 households out of which 35.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.70% were living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 32.20% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 10.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $51,316, and the median income for a family was $61,610. Males had a median income of $40,196 versus $29,994 for females. The for the county was $24,939. About 3.80% of families and 6.40% of the population were below the, including 6.70% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns


† Chatfield is in both Olmsted and. ‡ Pine Island is mainly in but extends into Olmsted County.