In the county the population was spread out with 26.50% under the age of 18, 11.80% from 18 to 24, 31.30% from 25 to 44, 19.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years.Le Ray did much more than broker talks and exert influence. In addition to swaying the King and the powerful administrators of the French. When a drought caused a deep famine in 1788, there was no money available from the French Treasury, as had been done in the past, to subsidize the cost of flour for bread to prevent mass starvation.As a result of their friendship, Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont helped obtain French support for the American cause .
