Ralls County

administration
Ralls County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	New London
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P. O. Box 400 New London, MO 63459-0400
Foundation :	1820
Made up from:	Pike County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	10,167 (2010)
Population density :	8.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1253 km²
Water surface :	33 km²
map

Website : rallscountymo.com

The Ralls County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 10,167 people and a population density of 8.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is New London .

geography

The county is located in northeast Missouri and borders Illinois to the east , from which it is separated by the Mississippi . It has an area of 1253 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Ralls County:

	Marion County	Pike County, Illinois
Monroe County
	Audrain County	Pike County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	4375	-
1840	5670	29.6%
1850	6151	8.5%
1860	8592	39.7%
1870	10,510	22.3%
1880	11,838	12.6%
1890	12,294	3.9%
1900	12,287	-0.1%
1910	12,913	5.1%
1920	10,412	-19.4%
1930	10,704	2.8%
1940	10,040	-6.2%
1950	8686	-13.5%
1960	8078	-7%
1970	7764	-3.9%
1980	8911	14.8%
1990	8476	-4.9%
2000	9626	13.6%
2010	10.167	5.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Ralls County was formed in 1820 from former parts of Pike County. It was named after Daniel Ralls , a Missouri MP.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Ralls County had 10,167 people in 3,771 households. The population density was 8.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.55 people lived in each of the 3,771 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,890 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,089. 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Ralls County

Citys

Village

Rensselaer

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Marion County

2 - partly in Marion and in Monroe County

3 - partly in Audrain County}

structure

Ralls County is divided into seven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Center township	928	29-12610
Clay Township	2765	29-14482
Jasper Township	562	29-36566
Saline Township	781	29-65378
Salt River Township	1279	29-65612
Saverton Township	2034	29-66080
Spencer Township	1818	29-69410