Barton County, Missouri

Barton County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 12,541. Its is. The county was organized in and named after, a  from.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,546 (597 ). 1,539 km² (594 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 12,541 people, 4,895 households, and 3,441 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (21/sq mi). There were 5,409 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (9/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.93%, 0.29% or , 0.83% , 0.28% , 0.10% , 0.14% from , and 1.44% from two or more races. 0.95% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,895 households out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% were living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,275, and the median income for a family was $35,638. Males had a median income of $25,254 versus $19,663 for females. The for the county was $13,987. About 11.00% of families and 13.00% of the population were below the, including 13.90% of those under age 18 and 16.80% of those age 65 or over.