Putnam County, Missouri

Putnam County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 5,223. The name is in honor of, who was a hero in the and a general in the. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,346 (520 ). 1,341 km² (518 sq mi) of it is land and 5 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.34%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 5,223 people, 2,228 households, and 1,517 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 2,914 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.14%, 0.06% or , 0.10% , 0.13% , 0.10% from , and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.61% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,228 households out of which 27.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.20% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.90% were non-families. 28.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.00% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 25.10% from 45 to 64, and 20.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,282, and the median income for a family was $32,031. Males had a median income of $22,957 versus $18,884 for females. The for the county was $14,647. About 13.20% of families and 16.00% of the population were below the, including 20.60% of those under age 18 and 12.80% of those age 65 or over.