Bates County, Missouri

Bates County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,653. Its is. The county was organized in and named after, the second.

Bates is part of the

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,205 (851 ). 2,198 km² (848 sq mi) of it is land and 8 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.34%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,653 people, 6,511 households, and 4,557 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (20/sq mi). There were 7,247 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.33%, 0.61% or , 0.59% , 0.15% , 0.01% , 0.39% from , and 0.92% from two or more races. 1.07% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,511 households out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were living together, 7.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.00% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.50% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 17.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,731, and the median income for a family was $36,470. Males had a median income of $30,298 versus $19,772 for females. The for the county was $15,477. About 11.50% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the, including 18.30% of those under age 18 and 14.10% of those age 65 or over.