Lewis County, Missouri

administration
Lewis County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Monticello
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 67 Monticello, MO 63457-0067
Foundation :	1833
Made up from:	Marion County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	10,211 (2010)
Population density :	7.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1323 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

The Lewis County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 the county had 10,211 residents and a population density of 7.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Monticello , which was named after the country house of Thomas Jefferson .

geography

The county is almost in the extreme northeast of Missouri and borders in the east - separated by the Mississippi - on Illinois ; the Iowa border is around 20 km north. It has an area of 1323 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Lewis County:

	Clark County	Hancock County, Illinois
Knox County
Shelby County	Marion County	Adams County, Illinois

history

M. Lewis

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	6040	-
1850	6578	8.9%
1860	12,286	86.8%
1870	15.114	23%
1880	15,925	5.4%
1890	15,935	0.1%
1900	16,724	5%
1910	15,514	-7.2%
1920	13,465	-13.2%
1930	12.093	-10.2%
1940	11,490	-5%
1950	10,733	-6.6%
1960	10,984	2.3%
1970	10,993	0.1%
1980	10,901	-0.8%
1990	10,233	-6.1%
2000	10,494	2.6%
2010	10,211	-2.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Lewis County was formed in 1833 from former parts of Marion County. It was named after Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), a pioneer and explorer and later governor of the Louisiana Territory (1808-1809).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Lewis County had 10,211 people in 3,882 households. The population density was 7.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in the 3,882 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.4 percent white, 3.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 37,721 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,916. 19.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Lewis County localities

Citys

Village

Monticello

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Lewis County is divided into eight townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Canton Township	3501	29-11152
Dickerson Township	452	29-19468
Highland Township	1676	29-32014
La Belle Township	1607	29-39530
Lyon township	431	29-44750
Reddish Township	234	29-60950
Salem Township	438	29-00000
Union Township	1872	29-74752