Sanders County, Montana

Sanders County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 10,227. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 7,226 (4,480 ). 7,154 km² (4,435 sq mi) of it is land and 72 km² (45 sq mi) of it (1.00%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,227 people, 4,273 households, and 2,897 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (4/sq mi). There were 5,271 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 91.91%, 0.13% or , 4.74% , 0.30% , 0.01% , 0.26% from , and 2.64% from two or more races. 1.55% of the population were or  of any race. 96.9% spoke, 1.4% and 1.2%  as their first language.

There were 4,273 households out of which 26.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.30% were living together, 7.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.20% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 31.80% from 45 to 64, and 16.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 102.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,852, and the median income for a family was $31,340. Males had a median income of $28,340 versus $17,630 for females. The for the county was $14,593. About 13.30% of families and 17.20% of the population were below the, including 23.30% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.