Clark County, Missouri

Clark County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,416. Its is. The county was organized in and named after, leader of the  and later a Governor of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,326 (512 ). 1,314 km² (507 sq mi) of it is land and 12 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.90%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * (northwest)
 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,416 people, 2,966 households, and 2,079 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (15/sq mi). There were 3,483 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.83%, 0.07% or , 0.20% , 0.07% , 0.01% , 0.22% from , and 0.61% from two or more races. 0.70% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,966 households out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,457, and the median income for a family was $36,270. Males had a median income of $27,279 versus $19,917 for females. The for the county was $15,988. About 10.80% of families and 14.10% of the population were below the, including 19.70% of those under age 18 and 12.70% of those age 65 or over.

By 2006 the population of Clark County had fallen to 7,305.