County of Pettis

The county of Pettis (Pettis county) is a county of the Missouri to the the United States. The seat of the county is located at Sedalia. The county goes back to 1833 and was named in homage to the senator Spencer Darwin Pettis. With the census of 2000, the population consisted of 39.403 individuals.

Geography

According to the Office of the census of the United States, the county adds up a surface 1.778 km ² including 4 km ² of water.

Close counties

County of Saltworks (Missouri) (northern)
County of Cooper (is)
Comté of Morgan (Missouri) (south-eastern)
Comté of Benton (Missouri) (southern)
Comté of Henry (Missouri) (south-western)
Comté of Johnson (Missouri) (western)

Main roads

U.S. Road 50
U.S. Road 65
Missouri Road 52
Missouri Road 127
Missouri Road 135

Demography

According to the census of 2000, out of the 39.403 inhabitants, one found 15.568 households and 10.570 families in the county. The population density was of 22 inhabitants per km ² and the density of dwellings (16.963 on the whole) was of 10 dwellings per km ². The population was made up of 92,06% of white, of 3,04% Afro-Americans, 0,38% of Amerindians and 0,39% the Asian ones.

32,50% of the households had children of less than 18 years, 53,3% were married couples. 26,3% of the population had less than 18 years, 9,3% between 18 and 24 years, 27,9% between 25 and 44 years, 21,1% between 45 and 64 years and 15,4% above 65 years. The Middle Age was 36 years. The proportion of women was of 100 per 94,4 men.

The average revenue of a household was of 31.822 dollars.

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