Ray County

administration
Ray County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Richmond
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 West Main Street Richmond, MO 64085-1755
Foundation :	1820
Made up from:	Howard County
Area code :	001 816
Demographics
Residents :	23,494 (2010)
Population density :	15.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1486 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

The Ray County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 23,494 residents and a population density of 15.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Richmond .

Ray County is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in central northwest Missouri on the north bank of the Missouri River . To the west, the border with Kansas is approximately 60 km away. Ray County covers an area of 1,486 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Ray County:

Clinton County	Caldwell County
Clay County		Carroll County
Jackson County	Lafayette County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2657	-
1840	6553	146.6%
1850	10,373	58.3%
1860	14.092	35.9%
1870	18,700	32.7%
1880	20,190	8th %
1890	24,215	19.9%
1900	24,805	2.4%
1910	21,451	-13.5%
1920	20,508	-4.4%
1930	19,846	-3.2%
1940	18,584	-6.4%
1950	15,932	-14.3%
1960	16,075	0.9%
1970	17,599	9.5%
1980	21,378	21.5%
1990	21,971	2.8%
2000	23,354	6.3%
2010	23,494	0.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Ray County was formed from Howard County in 1820. It was named after statesman John Ray , a Missouri MP.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Ray County had 23,494 people in 9,295 households. The population density was 15.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in 9,295 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 51,326 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,040. 10.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Ray County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Clay County

2 - partly in Carroll County}

structure

Ray County is divided into eight townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Camden Township	596	29-10756
Crooked River Township	999	29-17398
Fishing River Township	5010	29-24310
Grape Grove Township	885	29-28666
Knoxville Township	974	29-39314
Orrick Township	1426	29-54956
Polk Township	4463	29-58844
Richmond Township	9141	29-61688