Butler County (Missouri)
The Butler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 42 794 inhabitants and a population density of 23.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Poplar Bluff, which was named after the increasingly growing poplars here.
Geography
The County is located almost in the extreme southeast of Missouri on the western shore of the St. Francis River, a right tributary of the Mississippi. It is bordered on the south by Arkansas and has an area of 1810 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surface. At the Butler County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Butler County was formed on February 27, 1849 from parts of Wayne County. It was named after William Orlando Butler, a member of the U.S. Congress and candidates for the office of U.S. Vice President. On June 18, 1849, the District Court met for the first time.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Butler County 42 794 people in 16,821 households. The population density was 23.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 16,821 households lived statistically 2.38 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 90.8 percent white, 5.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 31,920. The per capita income was $ 19,039. 23.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Butler County
Citys
- Fisk
- Neelyville
- Poplar Bluff
- Qulin
Unincorporated communities
- Angus
- Ash Hill
- Barron
- Batesville
- Broseley
- Brush Arbor
- Carola
- Cedar Valley
- Fagus
- Green Forest
- Hanleyville
- Harviell
- Hendrickson
- Hilliard
- Hubbell
- Junland
- Keeners
- Loma Linda
- Lone Hill
- Milltown
- Nyssa
- Oglesville
- Osborn
- Parks
- Rombauer
- Rossville
- Shady Dell
- Stringtown
- Taffeta
- Vastus
- Wilby
Structure
The Butler County is divided into ten townships: