Shelby County, Missouri

Shelby County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,799. Its is. The county was organized in and named for Kentucky governor.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,301 (502 ). 1,297 km² (501 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.30%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,799 people, 2,745 households, and 1,847 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (14/sq mi). There were 3,245 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.87%, 0.97% or , 0.28% , 0.10% , 0.19% from , and 0.59% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population were or  of any race. 30.4% were of, 26.9% , 14.9% and 8.5%  ancestry according to.

There were 2,745 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.90% were living together, 7.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.70% were non-families. 30.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.40% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 24.40% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,448, and the median income for a family was $35,944. Males had a median income of $25,759 versus $18,996 for females. The for the county was $15,632. About 13.00% of families and 16.30% of the population were below the, including 21.70% of those under age 18 and 14.10% of those age 65 or over.

In addition ,it must be said that the small town mentality of Shelby County Missouri generates a tremendous understanding of ,grass roots politics,and an understanding of world affairs that is "real world", as opposed to media generated.These Ideals are perpetuated by individuals such as John Chinn as per his "letter to the editor" (Shelby County Herald July,11,2007)