Texas County (Missouri)

administration
Texas County Administrative Center
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Houston
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 210 N. Grand Ave. Houston, MO 65483-1226
Foundation :	1845
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	26,008 (2010)
Population density :	8.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3,054 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.texascountymissouri.org

The Texas County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 26,008 residents and a population density of 8.5 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Houston , which was named after the city of the same name in Texas .

geography

The county is located in south-central Missouri on the Ozark Plateau and is approximately 50 miles from Arkansas . It has an area of 3,054 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Texas County:

Laclede County	Pulaski County , Phelps County	Dent County
Wright County		Shannon County
Douglas County	Howell County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2312	-
1860	6067	162.4%
1870	9618	58.5%
1880	12.206	26.9%
1890	19,406	59%
1900	22,192	14.4%
1910	21,458	-3.3%
1920	20,548	-4.2%
1930	18,580	-9.6%
1940	19,813	6.6%
1950	18,992	-4.1%
1960	17,758	-6.5%
1970	18,320	3.2%
1980	21,070	15%
1990	21,476	1.9%
2000	23.003	7.1%
2010	26,008	13.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Texas County was formed in 1845. It was named after the Republic of Texas .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Texas County had 26,008 people in 9,523 households. The population density was 8.5 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 93.6 percent white, 3.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 9523 households.

22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 31,552 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,790. 21.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Texas County localities

Citys

Mountain Grove ¹
Summersville ²

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - mostly in Wright County

2 - partly in Shannon County}

structure

Texas County is divided into 17 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Boone Township	323	29-07246
Burdine Township	3336	29-09766
Carroll Township	1056	29-11548
Cass Township	1268	29-11854
Clinton Township	1652	29-15022
Current Township	294	29-17848
Date Township	474	29-18334
Jackson Township	1233	29-36170
Lynch Township	1463	29-44660

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Morris Township	798	29-50042
Ozark Township	476	29-55820
Pierce Township	463	29-57476
Piney Township	4770	29-57890
Roubidoux Township	1819	29-63290
Sargent Township	383	29-66026
Sherrill Township	5608	29-67520
Upton Township	592	29-75292