Ozark (Missouri)

Christian County

29-55766

Ozark is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Christian County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Missouri. In the census in 2010 had 17,820 inhabitants Ozark.

Ozark is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Springfield.

Geography

Ozark is located amidst the rolling countryside of the Ozarks at 38 ° 47'04 " north latitude and 90 ° 43'50 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 28.75 km ².

Towns nearby are McCracken (5.2 km east), Highlandville (16,6 km southwest), Nixa (9.4 miles west), Springfield (30,3 km northeast) and Linden (17 km northeast).

The nearest large towns are St. Louis (365 km northeast), Memphis, Tennessee (454 km south-east ), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (323 km south), Tulsa, Oklahoma (312 km southwest), Kansas ' largest city, Wichita ( 424 km to the west ) and Missouri's largest city Kansas City (296 km north-west ).

Traffic

Ozark is located at the freeway -developed U.S. Highway 65, which is the shortest route from Springfield to Branson. In the city center, the Missouri State Route 14 crosses

The nearest airports are the Springfield -Branson National Airport and the Branson Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Ozark 17,820 people in 6506 households. The population density was 619.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Thus, the city has its population between the last two censuses almost doubled.

The racial the population was composed of 95.2 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 6506 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.

30.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 48,473. The per capita income was $ 22,457. 14.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.