County of Wright (Missouri)

The county of Wright (Wright county) is a county of the Missouri to the the United States. The seat of the county is located at Hartville. The county was created in 1841 and was named in homage to the senator Silas Wright. With the census of 2000, the population consisted of 17.955 individuals.

Geography

According to the Office of the census of the United States, the county adds up a surface 1.769 km ² including 3 km ² of water.

Close counties

County of Laclede (northern)
County of Texas (Missouri) (is)
Comté Douglas (Missouri) (southern)
Comté of Webster (Missouri) (western)

Main roads

U.S. Road 60
Missouri Road 5
Missouri Road 38
Missouri Road 95

Demography

According to the census of 2000, out of the 17.955 inhabitants, one found 7.081 households and 5.020 families in the county. The population density was of 10 inhabitants per km ² and the density of dwellings (7.957 on the whole) was of 4 dwellings per km ². The population was made up of 97,61% of white, of 0,28% Afro-Americans, 0,66% of Amerindians and 0,14% the Asian ones.

33,10% of the households had children of less than 18 years, 58,50% were married couples. 27,2% of the population had less than 18 years, 8,2% between 18 and 24 years, 25,3% between 25 and 44 years, 22,8% between 45 and 64 years and 16,5% above 65 years. The Middle Age was 38 years. The proportion of women was of 100 per 90,6 men.

The average revenue of a household was of 24.691 dollars.

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