Waseca County, Minnesota

Waseca County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 19,526. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,121 (433 ). 1,096 km² (423 sq mi) of it is land and 25 km² (10 sq mi) of it (2.21%) is water. The flows through a part of the county.

Lakes

 * Buffalo Lake: in
 * Clear Lake: in
 * Everson Lake: in
 * Goose Lake: in
 * Hayes Lake: in
 * Knutsen Lake: in
 * Lake Elysian: almost entirely in, but the northern edge juts into
 * Lilly Lake: in
 * Lily Lake: mostly in, but the far western part of the lake extends into and
 * Loon Lake: in -
 * Mott Lake: in
 * Reeds Lake: in
 * Reese Lake: in
 * Rice Lake: in
 * Rice Lake: there is another, somewhat larger Rice Lake in
 * Saint Olaf Lake: in
 * Sibert Lake: in
 * Silver Lake: in
 * Toners Lake: in
 * Trenton Lake: the northern third is in and the lower two thirds is in
 * Watkins Lake: in

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 19,526 people, 7,059 households, and 4,990 families residing in the county. The was 18/km² (46/sq mi). There were 7,427 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (18/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.65%, 2.26% or , 0.59% , 0.46% , 0.03% , 1.29% from , and 0.71% from two or more races. 2.90% of the population were or  of any race. 47.6% were of, 15.5% , 7.4% and 5.5%  ancestry according to.

There were 7,059 households out of which 34.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.00% were living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.30% were non-families. 25.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 30.00% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 109.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,440, and the median income for a family was $50,081. Males had a median income of $34,380 versus $22,630 for females. The for the county was $18,631. About 4.50% of families and 6.50% of the population were below the, including 8.80% of those under age 18 and 5.80% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† Elysian is in, but a part extends into Waseca County.