Andrew County, Missouri

Andrew County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,492. Its is. The county was organized in and named for lawyer. The county along with and  counties in Missouri and  is included in the, which had an estimated population of 122,306 in 2006. It is currently part of the 12th district of the, currently represented by , and the 28th district of the , currently represented by.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,131 (436 ). 1,127 km² (435 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.30%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,492 people, 6,273 households, and 4,635 families residing in the county. The was 15/km² (38/sq mi). There were 6,662 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (15/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.38%, 0.42% or , 0.34% , 0.22% , 0.01% , 0.18% from , and 0.45% from two or more races. 0.84% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,273 households out of which 34.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.70% were living together, 7.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.10% were non-families. 22.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.40% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,688, and the median income for a family was $46,067. Males had a median income of $32,955 versus $22,586 for females. The for the county was $19,375. About 6.40% of families and 8.20% of the population were below the, including 10.50% of those under age 18 and 8.00% of those age 65 or over.