Schuyler County, Missouri

Schuyler County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 4,171. Its is. The county was organized in and named for Gen., delegate to the Continental Congress and U.S. senator from New York.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 798 (308 ). 797 km² (308 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.09%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,170 people, 1,725 households, and 1,193 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (14/sq mi). There were 2,027 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.44%, 0.05% or , 0.31% , 0.17% , 0.02% , 0.17% from , and 0.84% from two or more races. 0.65% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,725 households out of which 29.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.10% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.80% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.20% 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 2.90.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 24.80% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 19.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,385, and the median income for a family was $34,564. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $18,728 for females. The for the county was $15,850. About 13.20% of families and 17.00% of the population were below the, including 22.10% of those under age 18 and 17.60% of those age 65 or over.