Sullivan County, Missouri

administration
Sullivan County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Milan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 109 North Main Street Milan, MO 63556-1369
Foundation :	1845
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	6714 (2010)
Population density :	4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1687 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

The Sullivan County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 6,714 residents and a population density of 4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Milan .

geography

The county is located almost in the far north of Missouri, about 30 km from Iowa , and covers an area of 1,687 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. The following neighboring counties border Sullivan County:

Mercer County	Putnam County
		Adair County
Grundy County	Linn County

history

John Sullivan

Sullivan County was formed in 1845. It was named after the county of the same name in Tennessee or after John Sullivan (1740–1795), a general in the American Revolutionary War and third governor of New Hampshire .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2983	-
1860	9198	208.3%
1870	11,907	29.5%
1880	16,569	39.2%
1890	19,000	14.7%
1900	20,282	6.7%
1910	18,598	-8.3%
1920	17,781	-4.4%
1930	15,212	-14.4%
1940	13,701	-9.9%
1950	11,299	-17.5%
1960	8783	-22.3%
1970	7572	-13.8%
1980	7434	-1.8%
1990	6326	-14.9%
2000	7219	14.1%
2010	6714	-7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , there were 6,714 people in 2,642 households in Sullivan County. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 88.7 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 18.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 2,642 households.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 30,459 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,633. 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Sullivan County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Linn County}

structure

Sullivan County is divided into twelve townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bowman Township	395	29-07678
Buchanan Township	174	29-09280
Clay Township	410	29-14536
Duncan Township	385	29-20386
Jackson Township	438	29-36152
Liberty Township	210	29-42374
Morris Township	186	29-50024
Penn Township	1208	29-56918
Pleasant Hill Township	142	29-58430
Polk Township	2910	29-58880
Taylor Township	98	29-72538
Union Township	158	29-75022