Jasper County, Missouri

Jasper County is a located in the  of. It is included in the. As of 2000, the county's population was 104,686. Its is. Jasper County is notable as one of the few counties whose largest city,, is not the county seat. The county was organized in and named for Sgt., hero of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,661 (641 ). 1,657 km² (640 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.25%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Major highways

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 104,686 people, 41,412 households, and 27,953 families residing in the county. The was 63/km² (164/sq mi). There were 45,571 housing units at an average density of 28/km² (71/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 92.58%, 1.48% or , 1.33% , 0.69% , 0.06% , 1.62% from , and 2.24% from two or more races. 3.45% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 41,412 households out of which 32.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.50% were living together, 11.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.50% were non-families. 27.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 11.00% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 94.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,323, and the median income for a family was $37,611. Males had a median income of $28,573 versus $20,386 for females. The for the county was $16,227. About 10.40% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the, including 19.20% of those under age 18 and 10.30% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
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