County of Shannon (Missouri)
The county of Shanon (Shanon county) is a county of the Missouri to the the United States. The seat of the county is located at Eminence. The county goes back to 1841 and it was named in homage to a member of the Lewis forwarding and Clark of the name of George F. " Peg-Leg" Shannon. With the census of 2000, the population consisted of 8.324 individuals.
Geography
According to the Office of the census of the United States, the county adds up a surface 2.600 km ² including 0 km ² of water.
Close counties
- County of Tooth (northern)
- County of Reynolds (is)
- Comté of Casing (Missouri) (south-eastern)
- Comté of Oregon (Missouri) (southern)
- Comté of Howell (Missouri) (south-western)
- Comté of Texas (Missouri) (western)
Main roads
- U.S. Road 60
- Missouri State Highway 19
- Missouri State Highway 99
- Missouri State Highway 106
Demography
According to the census of 2000, out of the 8.324 inhabitants, one found 3.319 households and 2.356 families in the county. The population density was of 3 inhabitants per km ² and the density of dwellings (3.862 on the whole) was of 1 dwelling by km ². The population was made up of 95,05% of white, of 0,17% Afro-Americans, 1,83% of Amerindians and 0,05% the Asian ones.
32,50% of the households had children of less than 18 years, 58,8% were married couples. 26,4% of the population had less than 18 years, 7,2% between 18 and 24 years, 26,1% between 25 and 44 years, 25,3% between 45 and 64 years and 15% above 65 years. The Middle Age was 39 years. The proportion of women was of 100 per 95,3 men.
The average revenue of a household was of 20.878 dollars.
Cities and quoted