Dallas County, Iowa

Dallas County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 40,750. Its is. It was named for, under. Dallas County is one of the five counties that make up the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,533 (592 ). 1,519 km² (586 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.89%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 40,750 people, 15,584 households, and 11,173 families residing in the county. The was 27/km² (70/sq mi). There were 16,529 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (28/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.75%, 0.74% or , 0.15% , 0.69% , 0.04% , 2.79% from , and 0.84% from two or more races. 5.40% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 15,584 households out of which 37.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.60% were living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.20% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 32.10% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 11.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,528, and the median income for a family was $58,293. Males had a median income of $37,243 versus $27,026 for females. The for the county was $22,970. About 4.00% of families and 5.60% of the population were below the, including 6.10% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * ‡ Cities mostly in Polk County