Juab County, Utah

Juab County is a located in the  of. As of the population was 8,238, and by  had been estimated at 9,113. It was named from an word meaning thirsty valley, or possibly only valley.  Its  and largest city is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 8,822 (3,406 ). 8,785 km² (3,392 sq mi) of it is land and 38 km² (15 sq mi) of it (0.43%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,238 people, 2,456 households, and 1,981 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 2,810 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.56%, 0.15% or , 1.02% , 0.34% , 0.05% , 0.86% from , and 1.02% from two or more races. 2.63% of the population were or  of any race.

By 2006 the population had grown 14.3% since 2000, basically at the rate of Utah overall. 2005 figures showed that Juad county's population was 95.9% non-Hispanic whites. African-Americans were 0.2% of the county population, Native Americans 1.2% and 0.6%. Latinos were now only 2.3% of the population in the county.

In 2000 there were 2,456 households out of which 49.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.10% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.30% were non-families. 17.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.31 and the average family size was 3.79.

In the county, the population was spread out with 38.60% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 25.20% from 25 to 44, 16.90% from 45 to 64, and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 100.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,139, and the median income for a family was $42,655. Males had a median income of $33,621 versus $21,394 for females. The for the county was $12,790. About 7.90% of families and 10.40% of the population were below the, including 10.70% of those under age 18 and 14.50% of those age 65 or over.