Jones County, Iowa

Jones County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 20,221. Its is. The county was named in honor of, one of Iowa's first United States Senators. It is one of the three counties that make up the Cedar Rapids.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,494 (577 ). 1,490 km² (575 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.24%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Iowa 1.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 38.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 64.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 136.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 20,221 people, 7,560 households, and 5,299 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (35/sq mi). There were 8,126 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.68%, 1.79% or , 0.32% , 0.22% , 0.23% from , and 0.78% from two or more races. 1.05% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 7,560 households out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.00% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.10% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 15.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 109.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,449, and the median income for a family was $44,269. Males had a median income of $31,039 versus $22,075 for females. The for the county was $17,816. About 6.20% of families and 8.60% of the population were below the, including 8.80% of those under age 18 and 10.20% of those age 65 or over.