Maries County

administration
Maries County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Vienna
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P. O. Box 205 Vienna, MO 65582-0205
Foundation :	1855
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	9176 (2010)
Population density :	6.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1373 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

The Maries County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 9,176 residents and a population density of 6.7 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Vienna , which was named by Austrian immigrants after their former capital Vienna .

geography

The county is located a little southeast of the geographic center of Missouri and has an area of 1,373 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Maries County:

	Osage County	Gasconade County
Miller County
Pulaski County		Phelps County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	4901	-
1870	5916	20.7%
1880	7304	23.5%
1890	8600	17.7%
1900	9616	11.8%
1910	10,088	4.9%
1920	9500	-5.8%
1930	8368	-11.9%
1940	8638	3.2%
1950	7423	-14.1%
1960	7282	-1.9%
1970	6851	-5.9%
1980	7551	10.2%
1990	7976	5.6%
2000	8903	11.6%
2010	9176	3.1%
1860-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

Maries County was formed in 1855. It was named after the Maries River and the Little Maries River , which are located nearby.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Maries County had 9,176 people in 3,615 households. The population density was 6.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in 3615 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,185 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,155. 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in Maries County

Citys

Belle ¹
Vienna

Village

Argyle ¹

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Osage County}

structure

Maries County is divided into seven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Boone Township	660	29-07228
Dry Creek Township	631	29-20206
Jackson Township	2164	29-35918
Jefferson Township	2869	29-36872
Johnson Township	1348	29-37394
Miller Township	1110	29-48260
Spring Creek Township	394	29-69662