Crawford County, Iowa

Crawford County is a located in the  of. The county was named for, U.S. senator from Georgia and secretary of the treasury. As of, the population is 16,942. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,852 (715 ). 1,850 km² (714 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.09%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,942 people, 6,441 households, and 4,489 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (24/sq mi). There were 6,958 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.10%, 0.76% or , 0.28% , 0.49% , 0.01% , 4.59% from , and 0.77% from two or more races. 8.75% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,441 households out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.50% were living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.30% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% 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 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.50% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 25.70% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,922, and the median income for a family was $40,231. Males had a median income of $28,696 versus $19,798 for females. The for the county was $15,851. About 6.90% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the, including 12.70% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
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