Top 25 Counties in the U.S. ranked by Highest 
  Percentage of Persons under 18 years, 2000

[If two or more counties are tied, all counties 
 are listed alphabetically]

County, State                         Percent      Rank
-------------------------------------------------------
Wade Hampton, AK                         46.6         1
Shannon, SD                              45.3         2
Todd, SD                                 44.0         3
Northwest Arctic, AK                     41.5         4
Buffalo, SD                              41.3         5
Ziebach, SD                              40.6         6
Sioux, ND                                40.3         7
Bethel, AK                               39.8         8
San Juan, UT                             39.3         9
Dewey, SD                                38.9        10
Menominee, WI                            38.9        10
Juab, UT                                 38.6        12
Apache, AZ                               38.5        13
North Slope, AK                          38.2        14
Dillingham, AK                           38.1        15
McKinley, NM                             38.0        16
Lake and Peninsula, AK                   37.8        17
Starr, TX                                37.4        18
Franklin, ID                             37.3        19
Millard, UT                              37.3        19
Nome, AK                                 37.1        21
Morgan, UT                               37.1        21
Corson, SD                               36.9        23
Maverick, TX                             36.9        23
Thurston, NE                             36.8        25

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau,
         County and City Data Book: 2000,
         Table B-2.