Pipestone County, Minnesota

Pipestone County is a located in the  of, founded in 1857. As of, the population is 9,895. Its is.

is located in the county, just north of the town of Pipestone.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,207 (466 ). 1,207 km² (466 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.06%) is water.

Lakes
Although Pipestone County contains no natural s, it does have one man-made created by a.
 * Split Rock Lake:, in

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:MN-23.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:MN-30.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:MN-269.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,895 people, 4,069 households, and 2,726 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (21/sq mi). There were 4,434 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.68%, 0.17% or , 1.48% , 0.46% , 0.02% , 0.26% from , and 0.93% from two or more races. 0.70% of the population were or  of any race. 35.7% were of, 24.8% and 14.3%  ancestry according to.

There were 4,069 households out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.60% were living together, 6.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.96. In the county the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 24.60% from 25 to 44, 21.40% from 45 to 64, and 21.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,909, and the median income for a family was $40,133. Males had a median income of $27,642 versus $20,759 for females. The for the county was $16,450. About 7.80% of families and 9.50% of the population were below the, including 11.20% of those under age 18 and 11.10% of those age 65 or over.



Cities and towns
† A part of Jasper extends into.