Pend Oreille County, Washington

Pend Oreille County (Pronounced "pond-er-ay" or in ) is a located in the  of. It is named after the, whose name is  for "." As of, the population is 11,732. The county seat is at, which is also the county's largest city.

Pend Oreille County was created out of on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,692 (1,425 ). 3,627 km² (1,400 sq mi) of it is land and 65 km² (25 sq mi) of it (1.76%) is water.

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It also shares its northern border with,.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 11,732 people, 4,639 households, and 3,261 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 6,608 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.53%, 0.14% or , 2.88% , 0.63% , 0.20% , 0.57% from , and 2.04% from two or more races. 2.05% of the population were or  of any race. 21.1% were of, 13.2% , 10.2% or American, 9,2%  and 5.7%  ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 4,639 households out of which 29.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.50% were living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 25.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24, 23.80% from 25 to 44, 29.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,677, and the median income for a family was $36,977. Males had a median income of $36,951 versus $20,693 for females. The for the county was $15,731. About 13.60% of families and 18.10% of the population were below the, including 27.60% of those under age 18 and 6.40% of those age 65 or over.