Ferry County, Washington

Ferry County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,260. The county seat is at, which is also the county's largest city. It was named after, the state's first. With about 3.3 people per square mile, it is Washington's least county.

Ferry County was created out of on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 5,847 (2,257 ). 5,708 km² (2,204 sq mi) of it is land and 139 km² (53 sq mi) of it (2.37%) is water.

Geographic features
Curlew Lake (Elev: 2,400 ft) is nestled in the glacier-carved valley 6 miles north of Republic, Washington. The spring- and stream-fed lake named for the wading birds that once frequented the area. The seven mile long and 42 ft deep lake provides visitors and lakeshore homes with wonderful opportunities for kayaking, boating, fishing, swimming, water skiing, canoeing, and sailing.

Adjacent counties

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 * southwest
 * west

(also shares northern border with, )

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,260 people, 2,823 households, and 1,987 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 3,775 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 75.48%, 0.21% or , 18.28% , 0.29% , 0.06% , 2.23% from , and 3.46% from two or more races. 2.82% of the population were or  of any race. 14.1% were of, 9.5% or American, 9.1%  and 7.6%  ancestry according to Census 2000. 96.7% spoke and 1.9%  as their first language.

There were 2,823 households out of which 30.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.70% were living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 24.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.90% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 29.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 107.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,388, and the median income for a family was $35,691. Males had a median income of $32,103 versus $23,371 for females. The for the county was $15,019. About 13.30% of families and 19.00% of the population were below the, including 20.40% of those under age 18 and 10.30% of those age 65 or over.