Marion County, Missouri

administration
The Marion County Courthouse in Palmyra, next to the Courthouse in Hannibal one of the two courthouses in the county
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Palmyra
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 South Main Street Palmyra, MO 63461-1661
Foundation :	1826
Made up from:	Ralls County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	28,781 (2010)
Population density :	25.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1150 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

Website : marioncountymo.com

The Marion County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 28,781 residents and a population density of 25.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Palmyra .

geography

The county is located in northeast Missouri and borders Illinois to the east , from which it is separated by the Mississippi River . It has an area of 1150 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Marion County:

	Lewis County	Adams County, Illinois
Shelby County
Monroe County	Ralls County	Pike County, Illinois

history

The Quincy Memorial Bridge (h.) And the Quincy Bayview Bridge (v.) From West Quincy to Illinois

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	4837	-
1840	9623	98.9%
1850	12,230	27.1%
1860	18,838	54%
1870	23,780	26.2%
1880	24,837	4.4%
1890	26,233	5.6%
1900	26,331	0.4%
1910	30,572	16.1%
1920	30,226	-1.1%
1930	33,493	10.8%
1940	31,576	-5.7%
1950	29,765	-5.7%
1960	29,522	-0.8%
1970	28,121	-4.7%
1980	28,638	1.8%
1990	27,682	-3.3%
2000	28,289	2.2%
2010	28,781	1.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Marion County was formed in 1826 from former parts of Ralls County. It was named after Francis Marion (1732–1795), a general in the American War of Independence .

One place has National Historic Landmark status , the Mark Twain Boyhood Home .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , there were 28,781 people in 11,462 households in Marion County. The population density was 25.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in 11,462 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.8 percent white, 4.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,778 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,520. 18.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Marion County localities

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

^{1- partly in Ralls County

2 - partly in Monroe and Ralls County}

structure

Marion County is divided into eight townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Fabius Township	1273	29-23176
Liberty Township	4500	29-42230
Mason Township	13,438	29-46658
Miller Township	5997	29-48278
Round Grove Township	835	29-63344
South River Township	369	29-69050
Union Township	870	29-74788
Warren Township	1499	29-77074