Perry County, Missouri

administration
Perry County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Perryville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 321 North Main Street Perryville, MO 63775-1372
Foundation :	January 1, 1820
Made up from:	Ste. Genevieve County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	18,971 (2010)
Population density :	15.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1254 km²
Water surface :	25 km²
map

Website : perrycountymo.us

The Perry County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 18,971 people and a population density of 15.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Perryville .

geography

The county is located in southeast Missouri and borders Illinois to the east , from which it is separated by the Mississippi River . It has an area of 1254 square kilometers, of which 25 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Perry County:

Ste. Genevieve County	Randolph County (Illinois)	Jackson County (Illinois)
St. Francois County		Union County (Illinois)
Madison County	Bollinger County , Cape Girardeau County

history

Perry

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	3349	-
1840	5760	72%
1850	7215	25.3%
1860	9128	26.5%
1870	9877	8.2%
1880	11,895	20.4%
1890	13,237	11.3%
1900	15.134	14.3%
1910	14,898	-1.6%
1920	14,434	-3.1%
1930	13,707	-5%
1940	15,358	12%
1950	14,890	-3%
1960	14,642	-1.7%
1970	14,393	-1.7%
1980	16,784	16.6%
1990	16,648	-0.8%
2000	18,132	8.9%
2010	18,971	4.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Perry County was formed on January 1, 1820 from parts of Ste. Genevieve County formed. It was named, like the district capital Perryville, after the naval officer Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), a hero of the war of 1812 .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Perry County had 18,971 people in 7,417 households. The population density was 15.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.50 people lived in each of the 7,417 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,014 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,767. 11.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Perry County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Perry County is divided into 8 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bois Brule Township	540	29-06886
Brazeau Township	1100	29-08092
Central Township	10,875	29-12826
Cinque Hommes Township	1403	29-13870
St. Mary's Township	1708	29-65036
Salem Township	673	29-65288
Saline Township	1610	29-65360
Union Township	1062	29-74842