Dunklin County, Missouri

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Dunklin County, Missouri
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Location in the state of Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1845
Seat	Kennett
Area - Total - Land - Water	547 sq mi (1,417 km²) 546 sq mi (1,414 km²) 1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.27%
Population - (2006) - Density	43,155 26/sq mi (10/km²)

Dunklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population is 43,155. Its county seat is Kennett^[1]. The county was organized in 1845 and is named for Daniel Dunklin, a former Governor of Missouri who had died the year before.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent counties
- 1.2 Major highways
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns
4 References

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 547 square miles (1,417 km²), of which, 546 square miles (1,413 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (4 km²) of it (0.27%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent counties

Stoddard County (north)
New Madrid County (northeast)
Pemiscot County (east)
Mississippi County, Arkansas (southeast)
Craighead County, Arkansas (south)
Greene County, Arkansas (southwest)
Clay County, Arkansas (west)
Butler County (northwest)

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2006, there were 43,154 people, 13,411 households, and 9,159 families residing in the county. The population density was 61 people per square mile (23/km²). There were 14,682 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile (10/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 88.64% White, 8.68% Black or African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.03% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 2.49% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 38.8% were of American, 10.6% Irish, 8.2% German and 7.5% English ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 13,411 households out of which 31.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.60% were married couples living together, 13.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 28.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 16.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 89.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,878, and the median income for a family was $30,779. Males had a median income of $27,288 versus $18,142 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,561. About 19.40% of families and 24.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.90% of those under age 18 and 21.30% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Cities and towns

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Dunklin County, Missouri

County seat: Kennett

Cities	Arbyrd \| Campbell \| Cardwell \| Clarkton \| Holcomb \| Hornersville \| Kennett \| Malden \| Senath

Village	Rives

Townships	Buffalo \| Clay \| Cotton Hill \| Freeborn \| Holcomb \| Independence \| Salem \| Union

Unincorporated communities	Gibson \| Gobler \| Hollywood \| White Oak