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Crawford County
	Crawford County, Iowa
	Map
	; Location in the state of Iowa
	; Iowa's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	1837
Seat	Denison
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 715 sq mi (1,852 km²); 714 sq mi (1,850 km²); 1 sq mi (2 km²), 0.09%
Population; - (2000); - Density	; 16,942; 24/sq mi (9/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Website: www.crawfordcounty.org
	County Courthouse, Denison.

Crawford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. The county was named for William Harris Crawford, U.S. senator from Georgia and secretary of the treasury. As of 2000, the population was 16,942. Its county seat is Denison.^[1]

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 715 square miles (1,852 km²), of which 714 square miles (1,850 km²) is land and 1 square mile (2 km²) (0.09%) is water.

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[edit] Adjacent counties

Ida County (north)
Sac County (northeast)
Carroll County (east)
Shelby County (south)
Harrison County (southwest)
Monona County (west)

[edit] Demographics

2000 Census Age Pyramid for Crawford County.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	21,685	—
1910	20,041	−7.6%
1920	20,614	2.9%
1930	21,028	2.0%
1940	20,538	−2.3%
1950	19,741	−3.9%
1960	18,569	−5.9%
1970	18,780	1.1%
1980	18,935	0.8%
1990	16,775	−11.4%
2000	16,942	1.0%
IA Counties 1900-1990

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 16,942 people, 6,441 households, and 4,489 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile (9/km²). There were 6,958 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 93.10% White, 0.76% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.59% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. 8.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,441 households out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.50% were married couples living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.30% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.50% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 25.70% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,922, and the median income for a family was $40,231. Males had a median income of $28,696 versus $19,798 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,851. About 6.90% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.70% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.