Shannon County, Missouri

administration
Shannon County courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Eminence
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 187 Eminence, MO 65466-0187
Foundation :	1841
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	8441 (2010)
Population density :	3.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2600 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

The Shannon County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 8,441 residents and a population density of 3.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Eminence .

geography

The Current River

The Jacks Fork River

The county is located in the Ozarks in southeast Missouri, is about 50 km from Arkansas in the south and has an area of 2,600 square kilometers.

The county is traversed by the Current River and its largest tributary, the Jacks Fork River .

The following neighboring counties border Shannon County:

	Dent County
Texas County		Reynolds County
Howell County	Oregon County	Carter County

Protected areas

Shannon County has two national reserves:

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1109	-
1860	2284	106%
1870	2339	2.4%
1880	3441	47.1%
1890	8898	158.6%
1900	11,247	26.4%
1910	11,443	1.7%
1920	11,865	3.7%
1930	10,894	-8.2%
1940	11,831	8.6%
1950	8377	-29.2%
1960	7087	-15.4%
1970	7196	1.5%
1980	7885	9.6%
1990	7613	-3.4%
2000	8324	9.3%
2010	8441	1.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Shannon County was formed in 1841. It was named after George Shannon , a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Shannon County had 8,441 people in 3,402 households. The population density was 3.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.47 people in each of the 3402 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 30,766 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,309. 22.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.