Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Blue Earth County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 55,941. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,984 (766 ). 1,949 km² (752 sq mi) of it is land and 35 km² (14 sq mi) of it (1.77%) is water. The flows through a part of the county.

Lakes

 * Crystal Lake in Lake Crystal
 * Albert Lake: in
 * Alice Lake: in
 * Armstrong Lake: in
 * Ballantyne Lake: in
 * Born Lake: in
 * Cottonwood Lake: in
 * Duck Lake: in
 * Eagle Lake: the southern half of the larger, northern lake is in and the northern half is in  with the eastern part of it just barely extending into  the eastern half of the smaller, southern lake is in  and the western half is in
 * George Lake: in
 * Gilfillin Lake: mostly in, but the extreme southern edge juts into in
 * Ida Lake: in
 * Indian Lake: is in
 * Knights Lake: western half is in and eastern half is in
 * Lake Crystal mostly in, but the southern third is in
 * Lieberg Lake: in
 * Lily Lake:
 * Loon Lake: in
 * Long Lake: in
 * Lura Lake: mostly in, but the eastern fifth extends into and a very small part extends into
 * Madison Lake: southern three-quarters is in and the northern quarter is in
 * Mennenga Lake:
 * Mills Lake: in
 * Minnesota Lake: almost entirely in, but the extreme northern edge extends into in
 * Mud Lake: in
 * Perch Lake: mostly in, but the eastern fifth of the lake extends into in
 * Porter Lake: in
 * Rice Lake: in
 * Severson Lake: in
 * Strom Lake: in
 * Wita Lake: in

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 55,941 people, 21,062 households, and 12,616 families residing in the county. The was 29/km² (74/sq mi). There were 21,971 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (29/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.96%, 1.19% or , 0.28% , 1.79% , 0.06% , 0.69% from , and 1.03% from two or more races. 1.77% of the population were or  of any race. 47.6% were of, 13.6% and 6.5%  ancestry according to.

There were 21,062 households out of which 29.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.60% were living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.10% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.40% under the age of 18, 22.10% from 18 to 24, 25.60% from 25 to 44, 18.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 99.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,940, and the median income for a family was $50,257. Males had a median income of $32,087 versus $22,527 for females. The for the county was $18,712. About 6.10% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the, including 10.50% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.

''On ePodunk : Blue Earth County	& [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=20870 Blue Earth Cty. ancestry] :'' German - 41%; Norwegian - 14%; Irish - 9% (2000)

Cities and towns


† Only a part of the city is in Blue Earth County.