Clinton County, Missouri

administration
The Clinton County Courthouse in Plattsburg
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Plattsburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 245 Plattsburg, MO 64477-0245
Foundation :	January 2, 1833
Made up from:	Clay County
Area code :	001 816
Demographics
Residents :	20,743 (2010)
Population density :	19.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1097 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

The Clinton County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 20,743 residents and a population density of 19.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Plattsburg .

Clinton County is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in northwest Missouri and about 25 miles west of Kansas . It has an area of 1097 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Clinton County:

	DeKalb County
Buchanan County		Caldwell County
Platte County	Clay County	Ray County

history

Clinton

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2724	-
1850	3786	39%
1860	7848	107.3%
1870	14,063	79.2%
1880	16,073	14.3%
1890	17,138	6.6%
1900	17,363	1.3%
1910	15,297	-11.9%
1920	14,461	-5.5%
1930	13,505	-6.6%
1940	13,261	-1.8%
1950	11,726	-11.6%
1960	11,588	-1.2%
1970	12,462	7.5%
1980	15,916	27.7%
1990	16,595	4.3%
2000	18,979	14.4%
2010	20,743	9.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Clinton County was formed on January 2, 1833 from parts of Clay County. It was named after George Clinton (1739-1812), the first governor of New York State (1777-1795) and fourth Vice President of the United States (1805-1812).

A building in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 5, 2018.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Clinton County had 20,743 people in 8,165 households. The population density was 19.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 8,165 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 51,082 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,130. 9.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Clinton County localities

Citys

Cameron ¹
Gower ²
Get ³
Lathrop

0

Village

Turney

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in DeKalb County

2 - partly in Buchanan County

3 - partly in Clay County}

structure

Clinton County is divided into nine townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Atchison Township	2084	29-02332
Clinton Township	829	29-14950
Concord Township	3027	29-15976
Hardin Township	1706	29-30304
Jackson Township	2861	29-35702
Lafayette Township	658	29-39674
Lathrop Township	3154	29-40844
Platte Township	331	29-58160
Shoal Township	6093	29-67592