Osage County, Missouri

administration
Osage County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Linn
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 826 Linn, MO 65051-0826
Foundation :	1841
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	13,878 (2010)
Population density :	8.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1589 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map

Website : osagecountygov.com

The Osage County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 13,878 residents and a population density of 8.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Linn , which was named after the US Senator Lewis F. Linn .

geography

The county is located just east of the geographic center of Missouri at the confluence of the Osage River and the Missouri River . It has an area of 1589 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Osage County:

	Callaway County	Montgomery County
Cole County		Gasconade County
Miller County	Maries County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	6704	-
1860	7879	17.5%
1870	10,793	37%
1880	11,824	9.6%
1890	13,080	10.6%
1900	14.096	7.8%
1910	14,283	1.3%
1920	13,559	-5.1%
1930	12,462	-8.1%
1940	12,375	-0.7%
1950	11.301	-8.7%
1960	10,867	-3.8%
1970	10,994	1.2%
1980	12,014	9.3%
1990	12,018	0%
2000	13,062	8.7%
2010	13,878	6.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Osage County was formed in 1841. It was named after the Osage River.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Osage County had 13,878 people in 5,301 households. The population density was 8.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 5301 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 45,746 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,484. 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Osage County

Citys

Villages

Argyle ¹
Freeburg

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Maries County

2 - partly in Gasconade County}

structure

Osage County is divided into six townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Benton Township	1172	29-04762
Crawford Township	4445	29-17128
Jackson Township	1376	29-35972
Jefferson Township	1249	29-36926
Linn Township	2202	29-43256
Washington Township	3434	29-77632