Pemiscot County

administration
Pemiscot County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Caruthersville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 610 Ward Avenue Caruthersville, MO 63830-1664
Foundation :	1851
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	18,296 (2010)
Population density :	14.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1327 km²
Water surface :	50 km²
map

The Pemiscot County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 18,296 people and a population density of 14.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Caruthersville , named after Sam Caruthers , a member of the United States Congress .

geography

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2962	-
1870	2059	-30.5%
1880	4299	108.8%
1890	5975	39%
1900	12,115	102.8%
1910	19,559	61.4%
1920	26,634	36.2%
1930	37.284	40%
1940	46,857	25.7%
1950	45,624	-2.6%
1960	38,095	-16.5%
1970	26,373	-30.8%
1980	24,987	-5.3%
1990	21,921	-12.3%
2000	20,047	-8.5%
2010	18,296	-8.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

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 Tennessee . To the south, the county borders on the neighboring state of Arkansas . Pemiscot County covers an area of 1,327 square kilometers, of which 50 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border the Pemiscot Count:

	New Madrid County	Lake County, Tennessee
Dunklin County
	Mississippi County (Arkansas)	Dyer County, Tennessee

history

Pemiscot County was formed on February 15, 1851 from former parts of New Madrid County. It was named after the Indian expression for liquid mud .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Pemiscot County had 18,296 people in 7,607 households. The population density was 14.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.39 people lived in 7,607 households.

The racial the population was composed of 70.4 percent white, 26.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

27.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 27,127 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,866. 27.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Pemiscot County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in New Madrid County

2 - partly in Dunklin County}

structure

Pemiscot County is divided into twelve townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Braggadocio Township	641	29-07858
Butler Township	217	29-10090
Concord Township	243	29-16012
Cooter Township	3173	29-16354
Godair Township	287	29-27622
Hayti Township	3838	29-31150

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Holland Township	553	29-32608
Little Prairie Township	7076	29-43382
Little River Township	844	29-43400
Pascola Township	539	29-56450
Pemiscot Township	373	29-56846
Virginia Township	512	29-76372