Camden County (Missouri)

The Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 44 002 inhabitants and a population density of 25.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Camdenton.

Geography

The County is located just south of the geographical center of the north of the Missouri Ozark Plateau. It has an area of ​​1836 square kilometers, of which 139 square kilometers are water surface. The county is traversed by Osage River, which was dammed here to Lake of the Ozarks. At the Camden County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The Camden County was formed on January 29, 1841 from former parts of Benton County and Pulaski County. It was named first as Kinderhook County and renamed in 1843 in Camden County, named after the Camden County in North Carolina.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Camden County 44 002 people in 16,108 households. The population density was 25.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 16,108 households lived statistically 2.46 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 41,757. The per capita income was $ 24,687. 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Camden County

Citys

• Camdenton
• Lake Ozark1
• Linn Creek

• Macks Creek
• Osage Beach1
• Richland2

Villages

• Climax Springs
• Stoutland3
• Sunrise Beach4
• Village of Four Seasons

Unincorporated communities

• Bannister
• Bannister Ford
• Barnumton
• Branch
• Damsel

• Decaturville
• Four Seasons
• Green Bay Terrace
• Greenview
• Hahatonka

• Hill House Addition
• Hugo
• Hurricane deck
• Kaiser1
• Laguna Beach

• Montreal
• Neongwah
• Old Linn Creek
• Passover
• Purvis

• Roach
• Sagrada
• Toronto
• Wet Glaize
• White City

1 - partially in Miller County 2 - partially in Laclede County and Pulaski County 3 - partially in Laclede County 4 - partly in Morgan County

Structure

The Camden County is divided into eleven townships: