Van Buren County, Iowa

Van Buren County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,809. Its is, which contains the oldest continuously oprerational courthouse in the state of Iowa, and second oldest in the United States..

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,271 (491 ). 1,256 km² (485 sq mi) of it is land and 15 km² (6 sq mi) of it (1.17%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,809 people, 3,181 households, and 2,163 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (16/sq mi). There were 3,581 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.62%, 0.06% or , 0.18% , 0.28% , 0.06% , 0.15% from , and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.77% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,181 households out of which 28.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.30% were living together, 6.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.00% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 24.40% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 19.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,094, and the median income for a family was $36,420. Males had a median income of $27,379 versus $20,925 for females. The for the county was $15,748. About 8.70% of families and 12.70% of the population were below the, including 14.00% of those under age 18 and 15.60% of those age 65 or over.

Van Buren County is a rural area; it contains no stop lights and no fast food chains.

By 2006 the population had risen slightly to 7,836.

Unincorporated communities


40.75°N, -91.95167°W