Washington County (Missouri)
The Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In the census in 2010, the County had 25 195 inhabitants and a population density of 12.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Potosi, which was named after a city in Bolivia, where there were large deposits of silver.
The Washington County is part of the metropolitan area of Greater St. Louis.
Geography
The County is located in the central southeastern part of Missouri, about 45 miles from Illinois and the Mississippi River is in the northeast away and has an area of 1975 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers is water area. At the Washington County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Washington County was from former parts of Ste on August 21, 1813. Genevieve County formed. It was named after George Washington (1732-1799), the first president of the United States ( 1889-1897 ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Washington County 25 195 people in 8,615 households. The population density was 12.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 2.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 8,615 households lived statistically 2.69 per person.
24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 32,620. The per capita income was $ 16,081. 24.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Washington County
Citys
- Irondale
Villages
- Caledonia
- Mineral Point
Unincorporated communities
- Belgrade
- Berryman1
- Blackwell2
- Cadet
- Courtois
- Fertile
- Fletcher3
- Hopewell
- Old Mines
- Richwoods
- Shirley
- Springtown
- Stoney Point
- Tiff
1 - partially in Crawford County 2 - predominantly in St. Francois County 3 - predominantly in Jefferson County
Structure
The Washington County is divided into 11 townships:
- Belgrade Township
- Bellevue Township
- Breton Township
- Concord Township
- Harmony Township
- Johnson Township
- Kingston Township
- Liberty Township
- Richwoods Township
- Union Township
- Walton Township