Scott County, Missouri

administration
Scott County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Benton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P. O. Box 188 Benton, MO 63736-0188
Foundation :	1821
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	39,191 (2010)
Population density :	36.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1090 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Website : scottcountymo.com

The Scott County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 39,191 residents and a population density of 36.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Benton , named after Thomas Hart Benton , a US Senator .

geography

The county is located in southeast Missouri, bordering Illinois to the east , from which it is separated by the Mississippi . It has an area of 1090 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Scott County:

Cape Girardeau County		Alexander County (Illinois)

Stoddard County	New Madrid County	Mississippi County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2136	-
1840	5974	179.7%
1850	3182	-46.7%
1860	5247	64.9%
1870	7317	39.5%
1880	8587	17.4%
1890	11,228	30.8%
1900	13.092	16.6%
1910	22,372	70.9%
1920	23,409	4.6%
1930	24,913	6.4%
1940	30,377	21.9%
1950	32,842	8.1%
1960	32,748	-0.3%
1970	33,250	1.5%
1980	39,647	19.2%
1990	39,376	-0.7%
2000	40,422	2.7%
2010	39.191	-3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Scott County was formed in 1821. It was named after John Scott (1785–1861), the first member of the United States' Congress from Missouri.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Scott County had 39,191 people in 15,520 households. The population density was 36.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 15,520 households.

The racial the population was composed of 85.7 percent white, 11.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 37,716 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,566. 18.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Scott County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1- mainly in Cape Girardeau County

2 - partly in Mississippi County

3 - to a small part in Cape Girardeau County

4 - partly in New Madrid County}

structure

Scott County is divided into nine townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Commerce Township	536	29-15778
Kelso Township	10,414	29-38234
Moreland Township	3486	29-49916
Morley Township	1714	29-50006
Richland Township	16,833	29-61598
Rootwad Township	1210	29-63047
Sandywoods Township	2353	29-65864
Sylvania Township	2252	29-72088
Tywappity Township	393	29-74410