Sheridan County, Montana

Sheridan County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 4,105. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,419 (1,706 ). 4,342 km² (1,677 sq mi) of it is land and 77 km² (30 sq mi) of it (1.74%) is water.

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The Canadian province of borders Sheridan County to the north.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,105 people, 1,741 households, and 1,140 families residing in the county. The was 0.9/km² (2.4/sq mi). There were 2,167 housing units at an average density of 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.00%, 0.10% or , 1.22% , 0.29% , 0.02% , 0.19% from , and 1.17% from two or more races. 1.07% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,741 households out of which 27.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.50% were living together, 4.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.50% were non-families. 32.30% 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 2.29 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.90% under the age of 18, 4.80% from 18 to 24, 22.20% from 25 to 44, 26.50% from 45 to 64, and 23.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 98.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,518, and the median income for a family was $35,345. Males had a median income of $23,053 versus $20,112 for females. The for the county was $16,038. About 10.60% of families and 14.70% of the population were below the, including 16.40% of those under age 18 and 15.80% of those age 65 or over.