Gentry County, Missouri

Gentry County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,861. Its is. The county was organized in and is named after Col. of who fell in the  in.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,274 (492 ). 1,273 km² (492 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.06%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,861 people, 2,747 households, and 1,884 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (14/sq mi). There were 3,214 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.57%, 0.12% or , 0.31% , 0.17% , 0.16% , 0.10% from , and 0.57% from two or more races. 0.64% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,747 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.40% were non-families. 29.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 23.70% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 21.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $35,933. Males had a median income of $26,365 versus $19,802 for females. The for the county was $15,879. About 9.00% of families and 12.00% of the population were below the, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 10.30% of those age 65 or over.