Phelps County, Missouri

administration
Phelps County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Rolla
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 North Main Street Rolla, MO 65401-3068
Foundation :	1857
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	45,156 (2010)
Population density :	25.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1746 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.phelpscounty.org

Former Phelps County Courthouse in Rolla, listed on the NRHP

The Phelps County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 the county had 45,156 residents and a population density of 25.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Rolla .

geography

The county is located slightly northeast of the geographic center of Missouri in the Northern Ozarks . It has an area of 1746 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Phelps County:

Maries County		Gasconade County
Pulaski County		Crawford County
	Texas County	Dent County

history

J. Phelps

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	5714	-
1870	10,506	83.9%
1880	12,568	19.6%
1890	12,636	0.5%
1900	14,194	12.3%
1910	15,796	11.3%
1920	14,941	-5.4%
1930	15.308	2.5%
1940	17,437	13.9%
1950	21,504	23.3%
1960	25,396	18.1%
1970	29,481	16.1%
1980	33,633	14.1%
1990	35,248	4.8%
2000	39,825	13%
2010	45.156	13.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Phelps County was formed in 1857. It was named after John S. Phelps (1814–1886), a member of the US House of Representatives (1845–1863) and from 1877 to 1981 incumbent 23rd governor of Missouri.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Phelps County had 45,156 people in 16,726 households. The population density was 25.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in the 16,726 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.6 percent white, 2.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 3.0 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 47.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,260 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,817. 17.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Phelps County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Phelps County is divided into ten townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Arlington Township	2289	29-01918
Cold Spring Township	2174	29-15346
Dawson Township	937	29-18514
Dillon Township	9530	29-19558
Liberty Township	355	29-42248
Meramec Township	846	29-47432
Miller Township	3734	29-48296
Rolla Township	17,696	29-62930
St. James Township	5483	29-64442
Spring Creek Township	2112	29-69716