Dewey County, Oklahoma

Dewey County is a A located in the  of. As of, the population is 4,743. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,611 (1,008 ). 2,590 km² (1,000 sq mi) of it is land and 21 km² (8 sq mi) of it (0.81%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:US 183.svg|23px]]
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 * [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 34.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 51.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 51.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,743 people, 1,962 households, and 1,336 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 2,425 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 92.16%, 0.13% or , 4.64% , 0.06% , 0.02% , 0.72% from , and 2.28% from two or more races. 2.68% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,962 households out of which 26.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.80% were living together, 5.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.90% were non-families. 30.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.30% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 25.70% from 45 to 64, and 21.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 94.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,172, and the median income for a family was $36,114. Males had a median income of $26,675 versus $18,548 for females. The for the county was $15,806. About 11.40% of families and 15.00% of the population were below the, including 17.60% of those under age 18 and 15.80% of those age 65 or over.