Faribault County, Minnesota



Faribault County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,181. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,869 (722 ). 1,848 km² (714 sq mi) of it is land and 21 km² (8 sq mi) of it (1.11%) is water.

Lakes

 * Bass Lake: in
 * Hart Lake: in
 * Minnesota Lake: almost entirely in, but the extreme northern edge extends into
 * Rice Lake: in
 * Rice Lake: there is another, smaller Rice Lake in
 * South Walnut Lake: almost entirely in, but the northern edge extends into
 * Walnut Lake: almost entirely in, but the southern edge extends into

Adjacent counties

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 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,181 people, 6,652 households, and 4,476 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (23/sq mi). There were 7,247 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.11%, 0.24% or , 0.19% , 0.36% , 0.04% , 1.36% from , and 0.69% from two or more races. 3.50% of the population were or  of any race. 45.5% were of, 21.2% and 5.1%  ancestry according to.

There were 6,652 households out of which 28.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% were living together, 6.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.70% were non-families. 29.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 23.20% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 22.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,440, and the median income for a family was $41,793. Males had a median income of $28,990 versus $20,224 for females. The for the county was $17,193. About 5.50% of families and 8.60% of the population were below the, including 9.40% of those under age 18 and 10.20% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† A minor part of Minnesota Lake also extends into.