Adair County, Missouri

Adair County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 24,977. Its is. The county was organized in and named for,  of. It is a part of the 18th district, currently represented by, and the first and second districts of the , currently represented respectively by  and.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,475 (569 ). 1,469 km² (567 sq mi) of it is land and 6 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.41%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 24,977 people, 9,669 households, and 5,346 families residing in the county. The was 17/km² (44/sq mi). There were 10,826 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (19/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.82%, 1.20% or , 0.26% , 1.39% , 0.05% , 0.41% from , and 0.88% from two or more races. 1.26% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 9,669 households out of which 25.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.50% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.70% were non-families. 31.50% 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 2.29 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the county the population was spread out with 19.20% under the age of 18, 27.40% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 18.40% from 45 to 64, and 12.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 88.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,677, and the median income for a family was $38,085. Males had a median income of $26,323 versus $21,837 for females. The for the county was $15,484. About 11.90% of families and 23.30% of the population were below the, including 16.80% of those under age 18 and 12.00% of those age 65 or over.