Christian County, Missouri

administration
Christian County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Ozark
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 West Church Street Ozark, MO 65721-6901
Foundation :	March 8, 1859
Made up from:	Greene County Taney County Webster County
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	77,422 (2010)
Population density :	53.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1461 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.christiancountymo.gov

The Christian County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 77,422 residents and a population density of 53.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ozark . Christian County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Springfield .

geography

The county is located in the Ozarks in southwest Missouri, is about 25 miles south of Arkansas and has an area of 1,461 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

	Greene County	Webster County
Lawrence County		Douglas County
Stone County	Taney County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	5491	-
1870	6707	22.1%
1880	9628	43.6%
1890	14,017	45.6%
1900	16,939	20.8%
1910	15,832	-6.5%
1920	15,252	-3.7%
1930	13,169	-13.7%
1940	13,538	2.8%
1950	12,412	-8.3%
1960	12,359	-0.4%
1970	15,124	22.4%
1980	22,402	48.1%
1990	32,644	45.7%
2000	54,285	66.3%
2010	77,422	42.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Christian County was formed on March 8, 1859 from parts of Greene County, Taney County and Webster County. It was named after William Christian , an officer in the American Revolutionary War . In the 1990s, the county was the fastest growing county in Missouri by population, increasing by over 66 percent.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Christian County had 77,422 people in 28,385 households. The population density was 53.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.60 people lived in each of the 28,385 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. 21.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 51,135 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,720. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Christian County localities

Citys

Village

Saddlebrooke ²

Census-designated place (CDP)

Spokane

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - mostly in Greene County

2 - to a small extent in Taney County}

structure

Christian County is divided into 26 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bruner Township	948	29-09010
Cassidy Township	7639	29-11878
Chadwick Township	409	29-12970
East Benton Township	458	29-20746
East Finley Township	6240	29-20846
East Polk Township	2217	29-21041
Garden Grove Township	2929	29-26441
Garrison Township	197	29-26542
Lead Hill Township	148	29-41006
Lincoln Township	4953	29-42644
Linden Township	1912	29-42968
McCracken Township	2121	29-44858
North Galloway Township	3626	29-53066

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
North Linn Township	889	29-53147
Northview Township	6562	29-53341
Oldfield Township	514	29-54308
Riverside Township	6773	29-62116
Rosedale Township	9501	29-63133
Seneca Township	112	29-66656
South Galloway Township	2031	29-68816
South Linn Township	238	29-68948
Sparta Township	2719	29-69320
Union Chapel Township	8295	29-75104
West Benton Township	580	29-78550
West Finley Township	4366	29-78752
West Polk Township	1045	29-78954