Taney County

administration
The Taney County Courthouse in Forsyth
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Forsyth
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1086 Forsyth, MO 65653-0000
Foundation :	1837
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	51,675 (2010)
Population density :	31.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1687 km²
Water surface :	50 km²
map

Website : www.co.taney.mo.us

The Taney County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 51,675 residents and a population density of 31.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Forsyth , named after John Forsyth , a former US Secretary of State.

Branson is a well-known tourist destination in Taney County .

geography

The county is located in the extreme south of Missouri in the Ozarks and is traversed by the White River , a right tributary of the Mississippi, which has been dammed several times . It borders Arkansas and has an area of 1,687 square kilometers, of which 50 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Taney County:

	Christian County	Douglas County
Stone County		Ozark County
Carroll County, Arkansas	Boone County, Arkansas	Marion County, Arkansas

Protected areas

history

Taney

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	3264	-
1850	4373	34%
1860	3576	-18.2%
1870	4407	23.2%
1880	5599	27%
1890	7973	42.4%
1900	10.127	27%
1910	9134	-9.8%
1920	8178	-10.5%
1930	8867	8.4%
1940	10,323	16.4%
1950	9863	-4.5%
1960	10,238	3.8%
1970	13,023	27.2%
1980	20,467	57.2%
1990	25,561	24.9%
2000	39,703	55.3%
2010	51,675	30.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Taney County was formed in 1837. It was named after Roger Brooke Taney (1777–1864) a presiding judge at the US Supreme Court (1836–1864).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Taney County had 51,675 people in 20,281 households. The population density was 31.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 93.6 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 20,281 households.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,026 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,474. 14.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Taney County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - to a small extent in Stone County

2 - mostly in Christian County}

structure

Taney County is divided into eight townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Beaver Township	890	29-03808
Big Creek Township	572	29-05446
Branson Township	18,469	29-07984
Cedar Creek Township	475	29-12286
Jasper Township	5153	29-36584
Oliver Township	9605	29-54632
Scott Township	6500	29-66350
Swan Township	10,011	29-71818