Carter County, Missouri

administration
Carter County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Van Buren
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 517 Van Buren, MO 63965-0517
Foundation :	May 10, 1859
Made up from:	Ripley County Shannon County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	6265 (2010)
Population density :	4.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1318 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

The Carter County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 6,265 people and a population density of 4.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Van Buren .

geography

The county is located in southwest Missouri at the foot of the Ozark Plateau and is about 25 miles south of Arkansas . It has an area of 1318 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Carter County:

	Reynolds County	Wayne County
Shannon County
Oregon County	Ripley County	Butler County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1235	-
1870	1455	17.8%
1880	2168	49%
1890	4659	114.9%
1900	6706	43.9%
1910	5504	-17.9%
1920	7482	35.9%
1930	5503	-26.5%
1940	6226	13.1%
1950	4777	-23.3%
1960	3973	-16.8%
1970	3878	-2.4%
1980	5428	40%
1990	5515	1.6%
2000	5941	7.7%
2010	6265	5.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Carter County was formed on May 10, 1859 from former parts of Ripley County and Shannon County. It was named after Zimri A. Carter , an early settler in the area who came here from South Carolina as early as 1812 .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Carter County had 6,265 people in 2,435 households. The population density was 4.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 2,435 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 28,408 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,881. 19.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.