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River Gee County has an average household size of 5.9 persons and a dependency ratio of 1.35. Local society, like the rest of Liberia, is patriarchal, thus accounting for the sex of household head for male and female being 91% and 9% respectively. 10% of households sampled in the County were headed by elderly persons.

The Grebo and Krahn vernaculars are the two most often spoken in the County. Grebo is the largest ethnic group, accounting for some 92% of the total population. Of households surveyed during the 2006 Comprehensive Food Security and Nutrition Survey (CFSNS), 13% reported having members who were chronically ill or disabled, while 29% were headed by chronically ill or disabled persons. The percentage of orphans in the County amongst household surveyed is 1%.

Population by Districts
Population by status Population by status - percentage

District	Total	Locals	Returnees(Ref. & IDPs)	IDPs	Refugees	Locals%	Returnees(Ref. & IDPs)%	IDPs %	Refugees%
Gbeapo	8669	7601	1068	0	0	87.68%	12.32%	0.00%	0.00%
Webbo	12921	12386	520	9	6	95.86%	4.02%	0.07%	0.05%
Sarbo	9022	8017	998	5	2	88.86%	11.06%	0.06%	0.02%
Potupo	6204	5102	963	121	18	82.24%	15.52%	1.95%	0.29%
Tienpo	8000	6947	1053	0	0	86.84%	13.16%	0.00%	0.00%
Chedepo	5789	5396	325	68	0	93.21%	5.61%	1.17%	0.00%
Total	50605	45449	4927	203	26	89.81%	9.74%	0.40%	0.05%

Source: Norwegian Refugee Council January 2007

Population Data gender distribution
Population by Gender, Population gender percentage

District	Total	Female	Male	Female	Male
Gbeapo	8669	4495	4174	51.85%	48.15%
Webbo	12921	6804	6117	52.66%	47.34%
Sarbo	9022	4665	4357	51.71%	48.29%
Potupo	6204	3288	2916	53.00%	47.00%
Tienpo	8000	4271	3729	53.39%	46.61%
Chedepo	5789	3201	2588	55.29%	44.71%
Total	50605	26724	23881	52.81%	47.19%

Source: Norwegian Refugee Council January 2007

Percentage distribution of dialects spoken

Language and Dialects Spoken

*County*	*Bassa*	*Gbandi*	*Gio*	*Gola*	*Grebo*	*Kissi*	*Kpelle*	*Krahn*	*Kru*	*Lorma*	*Mano*	*Vai*	*Sapo*	*Other*
River Gee	0%	0%	0%	0%	92%	0%	0%	6%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%
Liberia	18%	2%	7%	6%	9%	4%	26%	4%	3%	7%	7%	4%	1%	1%

Source: Comprehensive Food Security & Nutrition Survey (October 2006)