Oregon County, Missouri

Oregon County is a located in the  of. The county was organized in and named for the  in the northwestern United States. As of, the population is 10,344. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,050 (792 ). 2,050 km² (791 sq mi) of it is land and 0 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.02%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,344 people, 4,263 households, and 3,018 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (13/sq mi). There were 4,997 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.61%, 0.10% or , 2.88% , 0.14% , 0.01% , 0.08% from , and 2.19% from two or more races. 1.09% of the population were or  of any race. 29.7% were of, 13.4% , 13.1% and 13.0%  ancestry according to.

There were 4,263 households out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.20% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.30% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 24.10% from 25 to 44, 26.50% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $22,359, and the median income for a family was $26,727. Males had a median income of $22,304 versus $16,353 for females. The for the county was $12,812. About 16.30% of families and 22.00% of the population were below the, including 28.20% of those under age 18 and 20.00% of those age 65 or over.