Monroe County, Missouri

administration
Monroe County Courthouse in Paris
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Paris
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 300 North Main Street Paris, MO 65275-1399
Foundation :	January 6, 1831
Made up from:	Ralls County
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	8840 (2010)
Population density :	5.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1736 km²
Water surface :	63 km²
map

The Monroe County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 8,840 people and a population density of 5.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Paris .

geography

The county is located in north-central Missouri and is approximately 50 km to the east from the US state of Illinois and the Mississippi River . It has an area of 1736 square kilometers, of which 63 square kilometers are water surface. The following neighboring counties border Monroe County:

	Shelby County	Marion County
Randolph County		Ralls County
	Audrain County

history

Monroe

Monroe County was formed on January 6, 1831 from parts of Ralls County . It was named after the fifth US President James Monroe (1758–1831).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	9505	-
1850	10,541	10.9%
1860	14,785	40.3%
1870	17,149	16%
1880	19,071	11.2%
1890	20,790	9%
1900	19,716	-5.2%
1910	18.304	-7.2%
1920	16,414	-10.3%
1930	13,466	-18%
1940	13,195	-2%
1950	11,314	-14.3%
1960	10,688	-5.5%
1970	9542	-10.7%
1980	9716	1.8%
1990	9104	-6.3%
2000	9311	2.3%
2010	8840	-5.1%
1900–1990 2000 2010

The Union Covered Bridge in the Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , Monroe County had 8,840 people in 3,835 households. The population density was 5.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in each of the 3835 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.0 percent white, 3.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 38,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,834. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.