Dukes County, Massachusetts

The County of Dukes County is a located in the  of. As of, the population was 14,987. Its is. The county consists of the island of, and the (including ). It was originally established as on, , and was transferred to Massachusetts and divided so that Nantucket Island became  on ,. The statute created a county "by the name of Dukes County," which is often cited as the reason for the redundancy in the name; but that does not adequately explain why the name was changed from "Dukes County" to "The County of Dukes County."

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,272 (491 ). 269 km² (104 sq mi) of it is land and 1,003 km² (387 sq mi) of it is water. The total area is 79% water.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,987 people, 6,421 households, and 3,788 families residing in the county. The was 56/km² (144/sq mi). There were 14,836 housing units at an average density of 55/km² (143/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.69%, 2.40% or , 1.71% , 0.46% , 0.07% , 1.48% from , and 3.19% from two or more races. 1.03% of the population were or  of any race. 20.4% were of, 13.3% , 8.6% , 6.4% and 5.7%  ancestry accordig to. 93.1% spoke, 3.7% and 1.7%  as their first language.

There were 6,421 households out of which 28.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.40% were living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.00% were non-families. 32.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.70% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 27.80% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 95.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $45,559, and the median income for a family was $55,018. Males had a median income of $38,945 versus $30,346 for females. The for the county was $26,472. About 5.00% of families and 7.30% of the population were below the, including 10.40% of those under age 18 and 5.30% of those age 65 or over.

Cities, towns, and villages*
*  Villages are census division, but have no separate corporate existence from the towns they are in.
 * (formerly Gay Head)
 *  (a village of Chilmark)
 * (the small "island" connected to the main island is part of Edgartown)
 *  (a village of Gosnold)
 *  (a village of Tisbury)
 *  (a village of Gosnold)
 *  (a village of Tisbury)
 *  (a village of Tisbury)
 *  (a village of Tisbury)
 *  (a village of Tisbury)