Linn County, Iowa

Linn County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 191,701. The 2006 estimate is 201,853. It is named in honor of Senator of. Its is, and it is one of the three counties that make up the Cedar Rapids.

History
Linn County was organized by the first legislative assembly of the on January 15th,. A site was selected for its first county seat along, and was named , after the general. As early as, there were debates over moving the county seat to the fast-growing , southwest of Marion, but it was not until November 6th, , that there were enough votes in favor of the move (9,960 to 4,823). The first rail line was built through Cedar Rapids in, and made the town (and the county) a major commercial hub in eastern Iowa.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,877 (725 ). 1,858 km² (717 sq mi) of it is land and 18 km² (7 sq mi) of it (0.98%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 191,701 people, 76,753 households, and 50,349 families residing in the county. The was 103/km² (267/sq mi). There were 80,551 housing units at an average density of 43/km² (112/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.90%, 2.57% or , 0.22% , 1.37% , 0.05% , 0.46% from , and 1.44% from two or more races. 1.42% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 76,753 households out of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.20% were living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.40% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 30.30% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $46,206, and the median income for a family was $56,494. Males had a median income of $38,525 versus $26,403 for females. The for the county was $22,977. About 4.30% of families and 6.50% of the population were below the, including 7.60% of those under age 18 and 6.40% of those age 65 or over.

Government
The Linn County Board of Supervisors is composed of three supervisors, each of whom is elected to a four-year term. The elections are staggered: one supervisor is elected two years apart from the other two.

The current supervisors are: