Miller County, Missouri

administration
The Miller County Courthouse in Tuscumbia
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Tuscumbia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 12 Tuscumbia, MO 65082-0012
Foundation :	1837
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	24,748 (2010)
Population density :	16.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1554 km²
Water surface :	20 km²
map

The Miller County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 24,748 residents and a population density of 16.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Tuscumbia .

geography

Lake of the Ozarks

The county is roughly level with the geographic center of Missouri in the Ozarks on the east bank of the Lake of the Ozarks , a reservoir of the Osage River . It has an area of 1554 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Miller County:

	Moniteau County	Cole County Osage County
Morgan County		Maries County
Camden County	Pulaski County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2282	-
1850	3834	68%
1860	6812	77.7%
1870	6616	-2.9%
1880	9805	48.2%
1890	14,162	44.4%
1900	15,187	7.2%
1910	16,717	10.1%
1920	15,567	-6.9%
1930	16,728	7.5%
1940	14,798	-11.5%
1950	13,734	-7.2%
1960	13,800	0.5%
1970	15,026	8.9%
1980	18,532	23.3%
1990	20,700	11.7%
2000	23,564	13.8%
2010	24,748	5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Miller County was formed in 1837. It was named after John Miller (1781-1846), the fourth governor of Missouri (1825-1832) and later member of the US House of Representatives (1837-1843).

Eight structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 6, 2018).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Miller County had 24,748 people in 10,410 households. The population density was 16.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.33 people in each of the 10,410 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,838 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,202. 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Miller County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Camden County}

structure

Miller County is divided into seven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Equality Township	1109	29-22528
Franklin Township	2641	29-25678
Glaze Township	6804	29-27244
Jim Henry Township	1051	29-37322
Osage Township	1585	29-55172
Richwoods Township	3243	29-61778
Saline Township	8315	29-65342