Audrain County

administration
Audrain County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Mexico
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 North Jefferson Mexico, MO 65265-0000
Foundation :	January 12, 1831
Made up from:	Ralls County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	25,529 (2010)
Population density :	14.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1805 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : audraincounty.org

The Audrain County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 25,529 residents and a population density of 14.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mexico .

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of Missouri and is approximately 25 miles northeast of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . Audrain County covers an area of 1805 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Audrain County:

Randolph County	Monroe County	Ralls County
		Pike County
Boone County	Callaway County	Montgomery County

history

The Audrain County was formed on January 12, 1831 from parts of Ralls County. It was named after Samuel Audrain , an early settler in the area.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1949	-
1850	3506	79.9%
1860	8075	130.3%
1870	12,307	52.4%
1880	19,732	60.3%
1890	22,074	11.9%
1900	21,160	-4.1%
1910	21,687	2.5%
1920	20,589	-5.1%
1930	22,077	7.2%
1940	22,673	2.7%
1950	23,829	5.1%
1960	26,079	9.4%
1970	25,362	-2.7%
1980	26,458	4.3%
1990	23,599	-10.8%
2000	25,853	9.6%
2010	25,529	-1.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000-2010

As of the 2010 census , Audrain County had 25,529 people in 9,532 households. The population density was 14.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.46 people lived in the 9,532 households.

The racial the population was composed of 89.8 percent white, 6.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.0 percent were 65 years or older. 53.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,935 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,800. 17.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Audrain County localities

Citys

Mexico
Vandalia ²

Town

Martinsburg

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Boone County

2 - partly in Ralls County}

structure

^Spreader

^Wilson

^{Salt
River}

^Prairie

^Cuivre

^Linn

^Loutre

^{South
Fork}

Audrain County is divided into 8 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Cuivre Township	5125	19-17686
Linn Township	615	19-43148
Loutre Township	824	19-44210
Prairie Township	932	19-59474
Saling Township	1472	19-65432
Salt River Township	9497	19-65558
South Fork Township	5431	19-68744
Wilson Township	1633	19-80152