Pulaski County, Missouri

administration
Pulaski County Courthouses
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Waynesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 301 Historic 66 East Waynesville, MO 65583-2656
Foundation :	1833
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	52,274 (2010)
Population density :	36.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1428 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

The Pulaski County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 52,274 residents and a population density of 36.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Waynesville , which was named after General Anthony Wayne .

geography

The county is just south of the geographic center of Missouri in the Ozarks . It has an area of 1428 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Pulaski County:

Miller County		Maries County
Camden County		Phelps County
Laclede County	Texas County

history

Kazimierz Pulaski

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	6529	-
1850	3998	-38.8%
1860	3835	-4.1%
1870	4714	22.9%
1880	7250	53.8%
1890	9387	29.5%
1900	10,394	10.7%
1910	11,438	10%
1920	10,490	-8.3%
1930	10,755	2.5%
1940	10,775	0.2%
1950	10,392	-3.6%
1960	46,567	348.1%
1970	53,781	15.5%
1980	42,011	-21.9%
1990	41,307	-1.7%
2000	41,165	-0.3%
2010	52,274	27%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Pulaski County was formed in 1833. It was named after Kazimierz Pułaski (1745–1779), a Polish patriot who died in the American War of Independence .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Pulaski County's 52,274 people lived in 15,412 households. The population density was 36.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 15,412 households.

The racial the population was composed of 79.3 percent white, 12.2 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 2.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 4.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 9.4 percent of the population.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.3 percent were 65 years or older. 44.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,155 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,800. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Pulaski County

Citys

Census-designated place (CDP)

Fort Leonard Wood

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Camden and Laclede Counties}

structure

Pulaski County is divided into six townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Cullen Township	38,431	29-17740
Liberty Township	5086	29-42266
Piney Township	355	29-57872
Roubidoux Township	302	29-63254
Tavern Township	3349	29-72448
Union Township	4751	29-74878