Washington County, Missouri

Washington County is a located in the  of. It is part of the. As of 2000, the population was 24,032. Its is. The county was organized in and named for.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,975 (762 ), which equates to a total acerage of 487,680. 1,967 km² (760 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.38%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 23,344 people, 8,406 households, and 6,237 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (31/sq mi). There were 9,894 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.47%, 2.48% or , 0.66% , 0.15% , 0.01% , 0.15% from , and 1.08% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 8,406 households out of which 36.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.60% were living together, 10.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.80% were non-families. 22.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.60% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 29.20% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 11.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 106.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,112, and the median income for a family was $31,634. Males had a median income of $27,871 versus $18,206 for females. The for the county was $12,934. About 17.10% of families and 20.80% of the population were below the, including 25.40% of those under age 18 and 12.90% of those age 65 or older.

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