Laclede County

administration
Laclede County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Lebanon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 N Adams Avenue Lebanon, MO 65536-3046
Foundation :	1849
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	35,571 (2010)
Population density :	17.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1989 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : lacledecountymissouri.org

The Laclede County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 35,571 residents and a population density of 17.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Lebanon .

geography

The county is just south of the geographic center of Missouri in the Ozarks . It has an area of 1989 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Laclede County:

	Camden County	Pulaski County
Dallas County
Webster County	Wright County	Texas County

history

Leclade

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2498	-
1860	5182	107.4%
1870	9380	81%
1880	11,524	22.9%
1890	14,701	27.6%
1900	16,523	12.4%
1910	17,363	5.1%
1920	16,857	-2.9%
1930	16,320	-3.2%
1940	18,718	14.7%
1950	19,010	1.6%
1960	18,991	-0.1%
1970	19,944	5%
1980	24,323	22%
1990	27,158	11.7%
2000	32,513	19.7%
2010	35,571	9.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Laclede County was formed in 1849. It was named after Pierre Laclede (1729–1778), the founder of the city of St. Louis .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Laclede County had 35,571 people in 14,352 households. The population density was 17.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.44 people each in the 14,352 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 37,294 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,858. 16 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Laclede County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Bennett Springs ³

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Camden and Pulaski County

2 - partly in Camden County

3 - partly in Dallas County}

structure

Laclede County is divided into eleven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Auglaize Township	2260	29-02494
Eldridge Township	900	29-21556
Franklin Township	748	29-25660
Gasconade Township	905	29-26596
Lebanon Township	18,580	29-41186
May / Smith Township	1204	29-46937

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Osage Township	1733	29-55154
Phillipsburg Township	1807	29-57386
Spring Hollow Township	4139	29-70072
Union Township	1755	29-74734
Washington Township	1540	29-77542