Republic (Missouri)

Greene County Christian County

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Republic is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Greene County and a small part in Christian County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the city had 14,751 inhabitants.

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

Geography

Republic is situated in the Ozarks in the southwestern suburban area of Springfield, the center of the region. The city is located at 37 ° 07'12 Republic " north latitude and 93 ° 28'49 " west longitude and covers 34.45 km ².

Neighboring towns are Springfield (21,8 km north from the city center ), Battlefield (14,6 km east), Nixa (25,8 km southeast), Clever (10.3 km to the south ), Billings (9 km southwest) and Plano ( 15.7 km to the northwest ).

The closest major cities next to Springfield are Kansas City (291 km north-northwest ), Missouri's capital Jefferson City (239 km north- north-east ), St. Louis ( 374 km northeast ), Memphis, Tennessee (470 km south-east ), Arkansas ' capital city Little Rock ( 356 km SSE ), Tulsa, Oklahoma (272 km southwest) and Wichita, Kansas ( 392 km west-northwest ).

Traffic

Along the north-western urban fringe of Republic carries Interstate 44 from Oklahoma City via Springfield to St. Louis. In the northeastern district of Brookline who also developed the freeway Missouri State Route 360 & branches, which leads as southwestern tangent to the city of Springfield. In northeast -southwest direction of the U.S. Highway 60 runs through the center of Republic, where it meets the Missouri State Routes 174 and 413

Through Republic runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway, which runs from Springfield on Tulsa to [ Oklahoma City.

The nearest airports are the Springfield -Branson National Airport ( 23.8 km north east ) and the Branson Airport 92.3 km SSE ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010, lived in Republic 14,751 people in 5377 households. The population density was 428.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 5377 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

29.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 50,975. The per capita income was $ 21,758. 8.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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