Jasper County, Iowa

administration
The Jasper County Courthouse in Newton, listed on NRHP No. 81000249
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Newton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 944 Newtons, IA 50208-0944
Foundation :	January 13, 1846
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 641
Demographics
Residents :	36,842 (2010)
Population density :	19.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1898 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.co.jasper.ia.us

The Jasper County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 36,842 residents and a population density of 19.5 people per square kilometer. By 2013, the population had decreased to 36,641. The county seat is Newton , named after Sergeant John Newton, a hero in the American Revolutionary War.

Jasper County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Des Moines .

geography

The county is located just southeast of the geographic center of Iowa and has an area of 1,898 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water.

The two headwaters of the Skunk River , a right tributary of the Mississippi, flow through Jasper County from northeast to southwest .

Jasper County borders on the following neighboring counties:

Story County	Marshall County	Tama County
Polk County		Poweshiek County
	Marion County	Mahaska County

history

Jasper County was formed on January 13, 1846 from former parts of Mahaska County. It was named after Sergeant William Jasper (around 1750–1779) who fell in the American War of Independence .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1280	-
1860	9883	672.1%
1870	22,116	123.8%
1880	25,963	17.4%
1890	24,943	-3.9%
1900	26,976	8.2%
1910	27,034	0.2%
1920	27,855	3%
1930	32,936	18.2%
1940	31,496	-4.4%
1950	32,305	2.6%
1960	35,282	9.2%
1970	35,425	0.4%
1980	36,425	2.8%
1990	34,795	-4.5%
2000	37.213	6.9%
2010	36,842	-1 %
2013 estimate	36,641	-0.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

As of the 2010 census , Jasper County had 36,842 people in 14,826 households. The population density was 19.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in 14,826 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 1.7 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

22.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 50,513 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,905. 11.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities

Citys

place	Residents 2010	Residents 2013
Newton	15,254	15136
Mitchellville ¹	2254	2256
Colfax	2093	2059
Monroe	1830	1823
Prairie City	1680	1685
Baxter	1101	1089
Sully	821	821
Kellogg	599	591
Lynnville	379	380
Mingo	302	301
Lambs Grove	172	171
Oakland Acres	156	156
Reasnor	152	152
Valeria	57	57

^{1 - predominantly in Polk County}

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Jasper County is divided into 19 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Buena Vista Township	635	19-90381
Clear Creek Township	381	19-90711
Des Moines Township	2212	19-90975
Elk Creek Township	473	19-91182
Fairview Township	2446	19-91293
Hickory Grove Township	292	19-91920
Independence Township	1684	19-92022
Kellogg Township	1114	19-92301
Lynn Grove Township	1650	19-92736
Malaka Township	313	19-92802

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Mariposa Township	252	19-92871
Mound Prairie Township	626	19-93033
Newton Township	15,576	19-93102
Palo Alto Township	3598	19-93267
Poweshiek Township	1149	19-93471
Richland Township	360	19-93597
Rock Creek Township	961	19-93672
Sherman Township	406	19-93861
Washington Township	2714	19-94512

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011

↑ Jasper County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 26, 2011
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Jasper County, IA ( July 12, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved February 24, 2015
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved February 24, 2015
^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
↑ ^a ^b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 24, 2015
↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Jasper County, Iowa - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

41.688055555556 -93.061388888889Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ N , 93 ° 4 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011