Pemiscot County, Missouri
The Pemiscot County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had .. inhabitants and a population density of 14.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Caruthersville, which was named after Sam Caruthers, a member of the Congress of the United States.
Geography
The County is located in the so-called Missouri Bootheel (German: boot heel ) in the extreme southeast of the state on the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Tennessee. In the south of the county borders the neighboring state of Arkansas. The Pemiscot County has an area of 1,327 square kilometers, of which 50 square kilometers are water surface. At the Pemiscot Count limits Nachbarcountys following:
History
The Pemiscot County was formed on February 15, 1851 former parts of New Madrid County. It was named after the Native American term for liquid mud.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Pemiscot County 18,296 people in 7,607 households. The population density was 14.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 7,607 households lived statistically 2.39 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 70.4 percent white, 26.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 27,127. The per capita income was $ 15,866. 27.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in Pemiscot County
Citys
- Bragg City
- Caruthersville
- Cooter
- Hayti
- Hayti Heights
- Holland
- Hometown
- Portageville1
- Steele
- Wardell
Villages
- Hayward
- North Wardell
- Pascola
Unincorporated communities
- Acorn Corner
- Braggadocio
- Bragg City
- Braggadocio
- Channel
- Concord
- Cottonwood Point
- Covington
- Deering Junction
- Denton
- Deering
- Gibson
- Gill
- Gobler2
- Hermondale
- Kinfolks Ridge
- McCarty
- Micola
- Netherlands
- New Survey
- Oakville
- Peach Orchard
- Samford
- Shade
- Stanley
- Stewart
- Swift
- Tinker Ville
- Tyler
- West Hermondale
- Yama
1 - partly in New Madrid County 2 - partially in Dunklin County
Structure
The Pemiscot County is divided into twelve townships: