Piute County, Utah

Piute County is a located in the  of. The population in was 1,435, and by  had been estimated to decrease to 1,365. It was named for the tribe of s.  The county seat is  and the largest city is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,983 (766 ). 1,963 km² (758 sq mi) of it is land and 21 km² (8 sq mi) of it (1.04%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 1,435 people, 509 households, and 389 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 745 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.61%, 0.14% or , 1.18% , 0.21% , 0.07% , 1.88% from , and 0.91% from two or more races. 4.46% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 509 households out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. Of the 509 households, 10 are unmarried partner households: 4 heterosexual, 2 same-sex male, and 4 heterosexual female. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the county, the population was spread out with 30.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,625, and the median income for a family was $35,147. Males had a median income of $26,771 versus $18,438 for females. The for the county was $12,697. About 11.7% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.