Ozark County

administration
Ozark County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Gainesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 416 Gainesville, MO 65655-0416
Foundation :	1841
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	9723 (2010)
Population density :	5.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1956 km²
Water surface :	33 km²
map

The Ozark County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 9,723 people and a population density of 5.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Gainesville .

geography

The county is located in the extreme south of Missouri in the Ozarks and borders Arkansas .

It has an area of 1956 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers are water.

In the southwest, the county has a share of Bull Shoals Lake , a reservoir of the White River . Lake Norfork , located further east, was created by damming the North Fork River , which flows through the county from north to south.

The following neighboring counties border Ozark County:

	Douglas County
Taney County		Howell County
Marion County, Arkansas	Baxter County, Arkansas	Fulton County, Arkansas

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2294	-
1860	2447	6.7%
1870	3363	37.4%
1880	5618	67.1%
1890	9795	74.4%
1900	12,145	24%
1910	11,926	-1.8%
1920	11,125	-6.7%
1930	9537	-14.3%
1940	10,766	12.9%
1950	8856	-17.7%
1960	6744	-23.8%
1970	6226	-7.7%
1980	7961	27.9%
1990	8598	8th %
2000	9542	11%
2010	9723	1.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Ozark County was formed in 1841. It was named after the Ozark Mountains. From 1843 to 1845, the county was renamed Decatur County, named after Navy officer Stephen Decatur .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Ozark County had 9,723 people in 3,964 households. The population density was 5.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.44 people in each of the 3,964 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.2 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.

19.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 31,960 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,298. 16.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Ozark County

City

Gainesville

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Ozark County is divided into 18 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Barren Fork Township	443	29-03412
Bayou I Township	917	29-03647
Bayou II Township	466	29-03648
Big Creek Township	973	29-05428
Bridges Township	968	29-08380
Dawt Township	492	29-18568
Jackson Township	300	29-35990
Jasper Township	703	29-36548
Lick Creek Township	434	29-42446

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Longrun Township	76	29-43922
Noble township	300	29-52652
Nottinghill Township	121	29-53498
Pine Creek Township	439	29-57764
Pontiac Township	317	29-59078
Richland Township	794	29-61544
Spring Creek Township	168	29-69680
Thornfield Township	570	29-73114
West Bridges Township	1242	29-78634