Cooper County, Missouri

Cooper County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,670. Its is. The county was organized in and is named for, a frontier settler who was killed by  near  in.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,477 (570 ). 1,463 km² (565 sq mi) of it is land and 13 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.91%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,670 people, 5,932 households, and 4,140 families residing in the county. The was 11/km² (30/sq mi). There were 6,676 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (12/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 89.05%, 8.96% or , 0.36% , 0.23% , 0.02% , 0.28% from , and 1.11% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were or  of any race. 38.1% were of, 18.7% , 8.1% and 8.0%  ancestry according to.

There were 5,932 households out of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.80% under the age of 18, 14.00% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 20.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 117.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,313, and the median income for a family was $41,526. Males had a median income of $28,513 versus $20,965 for females. The for the county was $15,648. About 8.30% of families and 10.70% of the population were below the, including 12.80% of those under age 18 and 8.30% of those age 65 or over.

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