Menard County, Texas

Menard County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 2,360. Its is. Menard County is named for, the founder of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,337 (902 ). 2,336 km² (901 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.04%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:US 190.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 29.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,360 people, 990 households, and 665 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 1,607 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.54%, 0.51% or , 0.64% , 0.34% , 0.04% , 9.79% from , and 1.14% from two or more races. 31.69% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 990 households out of which 28.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.00% were living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.80% were non-families. 30.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 5.30% from 18 to 24, 21.90% from 25 to 44, 26.60% from 45 to 64, and 21.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,762, and the median income for a family was $30,872. Males had a median income of $21,953 versus $20,000 for females. The for the county was $15,987. About 20.00% of families and 25.80% of the population were below the, including 39.90% of those under age 18 and 19.10% of those age 65 or over.