Stoddard County

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Stoddard County Courthouse
Stoddard County Courthouse
administration
US state : Missouri
Administrative headquarters : Bloomfield
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 110
Bloomfield, MO 63825-0110
Foundation : 1835
Area code : 001 573
Demographics
Residents : 29,968  (2010)
Population density : 14 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2147 km²
Water surface : 5 km²
map
Map of Stoddard County within Missouri

The Stoddard County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 29,968 residents and a population density of 14 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bloomfield .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southeast of Missouri, about 25 km to the southwest from Arkansas , about 35 km to the east from Tennessee , Kentucky and the Mississippi River , and covers an area of ​​2,147 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Stoddard County:

Wayne County Bollinger County Cape Girardeau County , Scott County
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Butler County Dunklin County New Madrid County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1840 3153 -
1850 4277 35.6%
1860 7877 84.2%
1870 8535 8.4%
1880 13,431 57.4%
1890 17,827 32.7%
1900 24,669 38.4%
1910 27,807 12.7%
1920 29,755 7%
1930 27,452 -7.7%
1940 33.009 20.2%
1950 33,463 1.4%
1960 29,490 -11.9%
1970 25,771 -12.6%
1980 29,009 12.6%
1990 28,895 -0.4%
2000 29,705 2.8%
2010 29,968 0.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Stoddard County was formed in 1835. It was named after Amos Stoddard (1762-1813), a former governor of the Louisiana Territory who fell as an officer in the 1812 War .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Stoddard County had 29,968 people in 12,130 households. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.43 people each in the 12,130 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.4 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 1.2 percent of the population.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,932  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,911. 18 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Stoddard County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Stoddard County is divided into seven townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Castor Township 5174    29-11980
Duck Creek Township 3492    29-20260
Elk Township 354    29-21592
Liberty Township 14,738    29-42356
New Lisbon Township 966    29-52040
Pike Township 3830    29-57548
Richland Township 1414    29-61616

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758556. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Stoddard County, MO. Retrieved October 5, 2012
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 5, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 20, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

Commons : Stoddard County, Missouri  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 36 ° 52 ′  N , 89 ° 57 ′  W