New Madrid County

administration
New Madrid County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	New Madrid
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P. O. Box 68 New Madrid, MO 63869-0068
Foundation :	1812
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	18,956 (2010)
Population density :	10.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1808 km²
Water surface :	52 km²
map

The New Madrid County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 18,956 residents and a population density of 10.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is New Madrid .

geography

The county is located in the so-called Missouri Bootheel in the extreme southeast of the state on the Mississippi , which forms the border with Kentucky and Tennessee . It has an area of 1808 square kilometers, of which 52 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border New Madrid County:

Stoddard County	Scott County	Mississippi County
		Fulton County, Kentucky
Dunklin County	Pemiscot County	Lake County, Tennessee

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	3165	-
1820	2296	-27.5%
1830	2350	2.4%
1840	4554	93.8%
1850	5541	21.7%
1860	5654	2%
1870	6357	12.4%
1880	7694	21%
1890	9317	21.1%
1900	11,280	21.1%
1910	19,488	72.8%
1920	25,180	29.2%
1930	30,262	20.2%
1940	39,787	31.5%
1950	39,444	-0.9%
1960	31,350	-20.5%
1970	23,420	-25.3%
1980	22,945	-2%
1990	20,928	-8.8%
2000	19,760	-5.6%
2010	18,956	-4.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

New Madrid County was formed in 1812. It was named after the Spanish district during the rule of the Spaniards. At that time the district was called Nuevo Madrid . In the 19th century the area was known for the many earthquakes and the great New Madrid earthquake of 1811 , which had reached magnitude 7.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , New Madrid County had 18,956 people in 8,082 households. The population density was 10.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.19 people lived in each of the 8,082 households.

The racial the population was composed of 81.7 percent white, 15.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 34,332 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,412. 22.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in New Madrid County

Citys

Village

North Lilbourn

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Pemiscot County

2 - mostly in Scott County}

structure

New Madrid County is divided into eleven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Anderson Township	1436	29-01234
Big Prairie Township	3419	29-05518
Como Township	1674	29-15832
Hough Township	16	29-33166
La Font Township	825	29-39710
Le Sieur Township	585	29-41654