Moniteau County, Missouri

Moniteau County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 14,827. Its is. The county was organized in and named for Moniteau Creek. 'Moniteau' is a French spelling of Manitou, for the.

Moniteau County is part of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,085 (419 ). 1,079 km² (417 sq mi) of it is land and 6 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.56%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,827 people, 5,259 households, and 3,728 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (36/sq mi). There were 5,742 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 92.75%, 3.78% or , 0.40% , 0.31% , 0.01% , 1.48% from , and 1.27% from two or more races. 2.93% of the population were or  of any race. 35.8% were of, 20.5% , 8.2% and 7.0%  ancestry according to.

There were 5,259 households out of which 35.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.10% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.90% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 31.10% from 25 to 44, 20.90% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 113.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,168, and the median income for a family was $42,487. Males had a median income of $26,807 versus $20,853 for females. The for the county was $16,609. About 7.30% of families and 9.90% of the population were below the, including 13.10% of those under age 18 and 9.00% of those age 65 or over.