Dallas County, Missouri

Dallas County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 15,661. Its is. The county was organized in and was named for,  under.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,406 (543 ). 1,403 km² (542 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.24%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 15,661 people, 6,030 households, and 4,383 families residing in the county. The was 11/km² (29/sq mi). There were 6,914 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.45%, 0.12% or , 0.76% , 0.07% , 0.03% , 0.20% from , and 1.37% from two or more races. 0.94% of the population were or  of any race. 3.57% percent reported speaking or  at home.

There were 6,030 households out of which 32.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.80% were living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 23.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,346, and the median income for a family was $33,500. Males had a median income of $26,438 versus $17,569 for females. The for the county was $15,106. About 14.20% of families and 17.90% of the population were below the, including 25.40% of those under age 18 and 18.50% of those age 65 or over.