Greene County, Iowa

Greene County is a located in the  of. It is named in honor of General. As of, the population is 10,366. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,479 (571 ). 1,472 km² (568 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.48%) is water.

Major highways

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 * [[Image:Iowa 4.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 25.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Iowa 144.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

 * (northwest)
 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,366 people, 4,205 households, and 2,859 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (18/sq mi). There were 4,623 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.16%, 0.14% or , 0.15% , 0.24% , 0.01% , 0.67% from , and 0.63% from two or more races. 1.66% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,205 households out of which 30.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.30% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.00% were non-families. 29.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 6.10% from 18 to 24, 24.30% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 21.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,883, and the median income for a family was $41,230. Males had a median income of $29,076 versus $21,657 for females. The for the county was $16,866. About 4.80% of families and 8.10% of the population were below the, including 8.90% of those under age 18 and 7.80% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

 * , Former resident, American statistician, invented the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.
 * , Former resident, American homosexual activist, writer and Humanist.

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