Saline County (Missouri)

The Saline County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 23,370 inhabitants and a population density of 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Marshall, which was named after John Marshall, an American politician, Foreign Minister, founder of the Constitutional Law and Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States ( " Supreme Court of the United States").

Geography

The County is located in the central northwestern Missouri on the right bank of the Missouri River. It has an area of ​​1980 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water surface. At the Saline County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The Saline County was formed in 1820. It was named after the salt mines occurring in this region. Today's Saline County was before the expulsion in the reservations of the historic settlements of the Missouri Indians.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Saline County 23,370 people in 8939 households. The population density was 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 8939 households lived statistically 2.41 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 90.6 percent white, 5.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.6 percent Polynesians as well as other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 8.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 38,818. The per capita income was $ 18,581. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Saline County

Citys

• Blackburn1
• Emma1
• Marshall
• Miami

• Nelson
• Slater
• Sweet Springs

Villages

• Arrow Rock
• Gilliam
• Grand pass

• Malta Bend
• Mount Leonard

Unincorporated communities

• Blue Lick
• Cambridge
• Cretcher
• Elmwood
• Pennsbury

• Hardeman
• Herndon
• Marshall Junction
• Montague Hill
• Napton

• New Frankfort
• Norton
• Orearville
• Prairie Ridge
• Saline City

• Salt Springs
• Sharon
• Stanhope
• West Glasgow
• Wilton Springs

1 - partially in Lafayette County

Structure

The Saline County is divided into eleven townships: