Butler County, Missouri

Butler County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 40,867. Its is. The county was organized from in  and named for , congressman from  and unsuccessful candidate for. The first meeting of the county court was on June 18, 1849.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,810 (699 ). 1,807 km² (698 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.20%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 40,867 people, 16,718 households, and 11,318 families residing in the county. The was 23/km² (59/sq mi). There were 18,707 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (27/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 92.16%, 5.22% or , 0.56% , 0.44% , 0.01% , 0.26% from , and 1.36% from two or more races. 1.01% of the population were or  of any race. 31.7% were of, 13.8% , 11.6% and 10.5%  ancestry according to.

There were 16,718 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.50% were living together, 11.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,228, and the median income for a family was $33,371. Males had a median income of $27,449 versus $19,374 for females. The for the county was $15,721. About 14.00% of families and 18.60% of the population were below the, including 25.90% of those under age 18 and 16.90% of those age 65 or over.