Clinton County, Missouri

Clinton County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 18,979. Its is.

The county was organized in and named in honor of the first  and the first  to die in office, .  The county seat of Plattsburg derives it name from a town of a similar same which is the county seat of  which was also named for the Vice President.

Clinton is part of the

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,097 (423 ). 1,085 km² (419 sq mi) of it is land and 12 km² (5 sq mi) of it (1.11%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 18,979 people, 7,152 households, and 5,299 families residing in the county. The was 18/km² (45/sq mi). There were 7,877 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (19/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.58%, 1.52% or , 0.34% , 0.17% , 0.01% , 0.27% from , and 1.12% from two or more races. 1.08% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 7,152 households out of which 34.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.40% were living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 22.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,629, and the median income for a family was $48,244. Males had a median income of $36,307 versus $22,991 for females. The for the county was $19,056. About 7.30% of families and 9.30% of the population were below the, including 11.30% of those under age 18 and 12.70% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

 * † Only partially in Clinton County, a part of each town extends into DeKalb County.