Butler County, Missouri

administration
Butler County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Poplar Bluff
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 105 Main Street Poplar Bluff, MO 63901-0000
Foundation :	February 27, 1849
Made up from:	Wayne County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	42,794 (2010)
Population density :	23.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1810 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : butler.countyportal.net

The Butler County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 42,794 residents and a population density of 23.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Poplar Bluff , named after the poplars that grow here .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southeast of Missouri on the western bank of the St. Francis River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . It borders Arkansas to the south and has an area of 1,810 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Butler County:

Carter County	Wayne County
Ripley County		Stoddard County
	Clay County, Arkansas	Dunklin County

history

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Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1616	-
1860	2891	78.9%
1870	4298	48.7%
1880	6011	39.9%
1890	10.164	69.1%
1900	16,769	65%
1910	20,624	23%
1920	24.106	16.9%
1930	23,697	-1.7%
1940	34,276	44.6%
1950	37,707	10%
1960	34,656	-8.1%
1970	33,529	-3.3%
1980	37,693	12.4%
1990	38,765	2.8%
2000	40,867	5.4%
2010	42,794	4.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Butler County was formed on February 27, 1849 from parts of Wayne County. It was named after William Orlando Butler , a member of the US Congress and candidate for the office of US Vice President . On June 18, 1849, the district court met for the first time.

23 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 5, 2018).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Butler County had 42,794 people in 16,821 households. The population density was 23.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in the 16,821 households.

The racial the population was composed of 90.8 percent white, 5.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 31,920 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,039. 23.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Butler County localities

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Butler County is divided into ten townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Ash Hill Township	3349	29-02224
Beaver Dam Township	4473	29-03826
Black River Township	1665	29-06076
Cane Creek Township	468	29-11044
Coon Island Township	187	29-16264
Epps Township	3171	29-22492
Gillis Bluff Township	683	29-27046
Neely Township	1126	29-51392
Poplar Bluff Township	25,878	29-59114
St. Francois Township	1794	29-64262