Buchanan County (Missouri)
The Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 89 201 inhabitants and a population density of 84.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Saint Joseph.
With the County's Andrew and DeKalb in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas Buchanan is on St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
The County is located in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River, which forms the border with Kansas. It has a total area of 1074 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water surface. At the Buchanan County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Buchanan County was formed on December 31, 1838 in the field, the new was added to the state of Missouri by the disc Purchase.
After it originally was called Roberts County (after settler Hiram Roberts), it was later named after James Buchanan ( 1791-1868 ), a former foreign minister ( 1853-1856 ) and president ( 1857-1861 ) of the United States.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Buchanan County 89 201 people in 33 082 households. The population density was 84.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 33 082 households lived statistically 2.54 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 89.1 percent white, 5.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 41,188. The per capita income was $ 20,837. 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Buchanan County
Citys
- De Kalb
- Dearborn1
- Easton
- Gower2
- Saint Joseph
Villages
- Agency
- Lewis and Clark Village
- Rushville
Unincorporated communities
- Armour
- Clair
- Evansville
- Faucett
- Frazier
- Garrettsburg
- Halls
- Hurlingen
- Kenmoor
- Kirschner
- Kyle
- Maxey
- Pinkston
- Richie
- San Antonio
- Saxton
- Sugar Lake
- Taos
- Wallace
- Willowbrook
- Winthrop
1 - partially in Platte County 2 - partially in Clinton County
Structure
The Buchanan County is divided into twelve townships: