Chariton County, Missouri

Chariton County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 8,438. Its is. The county was organized in from part of  and was named from the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,990 (768 ). 1,958 km² (756 sq mi) of it is land and 32 km² (12 sq mi) of it (1.61%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,438 people, 3,469 households, and 2,345 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (11/sq mi). There were 4,250 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.99%, 3.19% or , 0.17% , 0.13% , 0.11% from , and 0.41% from two or more races. 0.56% of the population were or  of any race. 38.8% were of, 25.5% , 9.7% and 7.8%  ancestry according to.

There were 3,469 households out of which 28.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.30% were living together, 6.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 29.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.30% 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 2.94.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.70% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 23.70% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 22.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 91.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,285, and the median income for a family was $39,176. Males had a median income of $25,263 versus $19,068 for females. The for the county was $15,515. About 8.80% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the, including 11.40% of those under age 18 and 14.00% of those age 65 or over.