Boone County, Missouri

Boone County is a located at the geographical center of the  of. As of 2006, the population was 146,048. Its county seat,, is the fourth largest city in Missouri and the anchor city of the.

History
Boone County was organized on November 16,, from a portion of the territorial. The area was known as, because of the location of a that was utilized by the sons of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,790 (691 ). 1,775 km² (685 sq mi) of it is land and 15 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.85%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 135,454 people, 53,094 households, and 31,378 families residing in the county. The was 76/km² (198/sq mi). There were 56,678 housing units at an average density of 32/km² (83/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 85.43%, 8.54% or , 0.42% , 2.96% , 0.03% , 0.69% from , and 1.93% from two or more races. 1.78% of the population were or  of any race. 24.6% were of, 12.3% , 11.2% and 9.8%  ancestry according to.

There were 53,094 households out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.50% were living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.90% were non-families. 28.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.20% 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 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.80% under the age of 18, 19.90% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 18.80% from 45 to 64, and 8.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 93.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,485, and the median income for a family was $51,210. Males had a median income of $33,304 versus $25,990 for females. The for the county was $19,844. About 7.60% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the, including 12.10% of those under age 18 and 5.90% of those age 65 or over.