Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 427 square miles (1,110 km2), of which 420 square miles (1,100 km2) is land and 6.6 square miles (17 km2) (1.5%) is water.[6] The county's southwestern border with Kansas is formed by the Missouri River.
Demographics
Historical population |
Census | Pop. | | %± |
1840 | 8,913 | | — |
1850 | 16,845 | | 89.0% |
1860 | 18,350 | | 8.9% |
1870 | 17,352 | | −5.4% |
1880 | 17,366 | | 0.1% |
1890 | 16,278 | | −6.3% |
1900 | 16,193 | | −0.5% |
1910 | 14,429 | | −10.9% |
1920 | 13,996 | | −3.0% |
1930 | 13,819 | | −1.3% |
1940 | 13,862 | | 0.3% |
1950 | 14,973 | | 8.0% |
1960 | 23,350 | | 55.9% |
1970 | 32,081 | | 37.4% |
1980 | 46,341 | | 44.4% |
1990 | 57,867 | | 24.9% |
2000 | 73,781 | | 27.5% |
2010 | 89,322 | | 21.1% |
Est. 2017 | 101,187 | [7] | 13.3% |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10] 1990-2000[11] 2010-2015[2] |
As of the census[12] of 2000, there were 73,781 people, 29,278 households, and 20,231 families residing in the county. The population density was 176 people per square mile (68/km²). There were 30,902 housing units at an average density of 74 per square mile (28/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 91.45% White, 3.49% Black or African American, 0.46% Native American, 1.48% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 1.05% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Approximately 3.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23.4% were of German, 12.5% Irish, 12.2% American and 11.4% English ancestry.
There were 29,278 households out of which 34.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were married couples living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the county, the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 32.60% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 8.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $55,849, and the median income for a family was $65,236. Males had a median income of $44,310 versus $31,005 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,356. About 3.30% of families and 4.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.70% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Public schools
- North Platte County R-I School District – Dearborn
- North Platte County Elementary School (PK-03)
- North Platte County Intermediate School (04-06)
- North Platte County Junior High School (07-08)
- North Platte County High School (09-12)
- Park Hill School District – Kansas City
- Russell Jones Education Center (K-12) – (Special Education)
- Hopewell Elementary School (K-05)
- Alfred L. Renner Elementary School (K-05)
- Thomas B. Chinn Elementary School (K-05)
- English Landing Elementary School (K-05)
- Graden Elementary School (K-05)
- Hawthorn Elementary School (K-05)
- Line Creek Elementary School (K-05)
- Gerner Family Early Education Center (PK)
- Prairie Point Elementary School (K-05)
- Southeast Elementary School (K-05)
- Tiffany Ridge Elementary School (K-05)
- Union Chapel Elementary School (K-05)
- Congress Middle School (06-08)
- Lakeview Middle School (06-08)
- Plaza Middle School (06-08)
- Walden Middle School (06-08)
- Park Hill High School (09-12) -- within Kansas City city limits
- Park Hill South High School (09-12) – Riverside
- LEAD Innovation Studio (09-12)
- Platte County R-III School District – Platte City
- Donald D. Siegrist Elementary School (PK-03)
- Pathfinder Elementary School (PK-02)
- Rising Star Elementary School (K)
- Barry Elementary School (03-08)
- Paxton Elementary School (04-05)
- Platte City Middle School (06-08)
- Platte County High School (09-12)
- West Platte County R-II School District – Weston
- Central Elementary School (PK-06)
- West Platte County High School (07-12)
Politics
Local
The Republican Party controls politics at the local level in Platte County. Republicans hold all of the elected positions in the county. However, Governor Jay Nixon carried the county in his two successful elections, and in 2004, Claire McCaskill of Jackson County narrowly won a majority of the county's votes over Republican victor Matt Blunt.
State
Past Gubernatorial Elections Results
Year |
Republican |
Democratic |
Third Parties |
2016 |
50.20% 24,738 |
46.62% 22,973 |
2.58% 1,269 |
2012 |
44.64% '20,154 |
52.39% 23,654 |
2.97% 1,339 |
2008 |
42.51% 19,417 |
55.23% 25,228 |
2.26% 1,032 |
2004 |
48.31% 20,137 |
50.31% 20,970 |
1.32% 577 |
2000 |
50.23% 16,971 |
47.69% 16,115 |
2.08% 703 |
1996 |
36.40% 10,581 |
61.37% 17,840 |
2.23% 647 |
Platte County is divided into four legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which are held by Republicans.
Missouri House of Representatives — District 11 — Platte County (2016)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Galen Wayne Higdon, Jr. |
2,690 |
100.00% |
|
Missouri House of Representatives — District 11 — Platte County (2014)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Galen Wayne Higdon, Jr. |
1,298 |
100.00% |
|
Missouri House of Representatives — District 11 — Platte County (2012)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Galen Wayne Higdon, Jr. |
2,454 |
100.00% |
|
Missouri House of Representatives — District 12 — Platte County (2016)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Kenneth Wilson |
3,125 |
62.75% |
-3.10 |
|
Democratic |
Sandy Van Wagner |
1,696 |
34.06% |
-0.09 |
|
Libertarian |
Glenn Gustitus |
159 |
3.19% |
+3.19 |
Missouri House of Representatives — District 12 — Platte County (2014)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Kenneth Wilson |
1,666 |
65.85% |
-34.15 |
|
Democratic |
Sandy Van Wagner |
864 |
34.15% |
+34.15 |
Missouri House of Representatives — District 12 — Platte County (2012)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Kenneth Wilson |
4,025 |
"100.00% |
|
- District 13 — Nick Marshall (R-Parkville). Consists of the communities of Farley, Ferrelview, Parkville, Waldron, Weatherby Lake, and a part of the city of Kansas City.
Missouri House of Representatives — District 13 — Platte County (2016)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Nick Marshall |
12,440 |
59.02% |
-40.98 |
|
Democratic |
Tyler McCall |
8,636 |
40.98% |
+40.98 |
Missouri House of Representatives — District 13 — Platte County (2014)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Nick Marshall |
7,539 |
100.00% |
+38.04 |
Missouri House of Representatives — District 13 — Platte County (2012)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Nick Marshall |
11,712 |
61.96% |
|
|
Democratic |
Gerry Byrne |
7,192 |
38.04 |
|
- District 14 – Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City). Consists of the communities of Houston Lake, Lake Waukomis, Northmoor, Platte Woods, Riverside, and part of the city of Kansas City.
Missouri House of Representatives — District 14 — Platte County (2016)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Kevin Corlew |
10,084 |
52.66% |
-3.55 |
|
Democratic |
Martin T. Rucker II |
9,067 |
47.34% |
+3.55 |
Missouri House of Representatives — District 14 — Platte County (2014)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Kevin Corlew |
4,812 |
56.21% |
+1.40 |
|
Democratic |
Stephanie Isaacson |
3,749 |
43.79 |
-1.40 |
Missouri House of Representatives — District 14 — Platte County (2012)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Ron Schieber |
9,459 |
54.81% |
|
|
Democratic |
Eric Pendell |
7,799 |
45.19% |
|
All of Platte County is a part of Missouri’s 34th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph).
Missouri Senate — District 34 — Platte County (2014)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Rob Schaaf |
13,071 |
59.26% |
|
|
Democratic |
Martin T. Rucker |
8,987 |
40.74% |
|
Federal
U.S. Senate — Missouri — Platte County (2016)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Roy Blunt |
22,929 |
46.76% |
+6.99 |
|
Democratic |
Jason Kander |
23,795 |
48.52% |
-3.96 |
|
Libertarian |
Jonathan Dine |
1,413 |
2.88% |
-4.87 |
|
Green |
Johnathan McFarland |
530 |
1.08% |
+1.08 |
|
Constitution |
Fred Ryman |
371 |
0.76% |
+0.76 |
U.S. Senate — Missouri — Platte County (2012)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Todd Akin |
17,870 |
39.77% |
|
|
Democratic |
Claire McCaskill |
23,578 |
52.48% |
|
|
Libertarian |
Jonathan Dine |
3,480 |
7.75% |
|
All of Platte County is included in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District and is currently represented by Sam Graves (R-Tarkio) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. House of Representatives – Missouri’s 6th Congressional District – Platte County (2016)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Sam Graves |
29,596 |
60.91% |
-1.12 |
|
Democratic |
David M. Blackwell |
17,016 |
35.02% |
+1.33 |
|
Libertarian |
Russ Lee Monchil |
1,321 |
2.72% |
-1.56 |
|
Green |
Mike Diel |
653 |
1.34% |
+1.34 |
U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 6th Congressional District — Platte County (2014)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Sam Graves |
13,780 |
62.03% |
-0.01 |
|
Democratic |
Bill Hedge |
7,483 |
33.69% |
-1.66 |
|
Libertarian |
Russ Lee Monchil |
951 |
4.28% |
+1.67 |
U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 6th Congressional District — Platte County (2012)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
Sam Graves |
27,641 |
62.04% |
|
|
Democratic |
Kyle Yarber |
15,753 |
35.35% |
|
|
Libertarian |
Russ Lee Monchil |
1,162 |
2.61% |
|
Presidential elections results
Presidential elections results[14]
Year |
Republican |
Democratic |
Third parties |
2016 |
52.3% 25,933 |
40.4% 20,057 |
7.3% 3,618 |
2012 |
56.0% 25,618 |
42.0% 19,175 |
2.0% 917 |
2008 |
52.4% 24,460 |
46.0% 21,459 |
1.6% 721 |
2004 |
55.5% 23,302 |
43.9% 18,412 |
0.6% 256 |
2000 |
52.2% 17,785 |
45.0% 15,325 |
2.8% 944 |
1996 |
45.4% 13,332 |
43.2% 12,705 |
11.4% 3,352 |
1992 |
31.8% 9,380 |
37.0% 10,920 |
31.1% 9,178 |
1988 |
51.2% 11,838 |
48.5% 11,225 |
0.3% 66 |
1984 |
62.6% 12,859 |
37.4% 7,668 |
|
1980 |
53.8% 10,092 |
39.1% 7,342 |
7.1% 1,322 |
1976 |
47.5% 8,103 |
50.7% 8,651 |
1.8% 300 |
1972 |
67.7% 8,764 |
32.3% 4,183 |
|
1968 |
42.7% 4,836 |
41.2% 4,665 |
16.0% 1,815 |
1964 |
33.2% 3,059 |
66.8% 6,143 |
|
1960 |
44.9% 4,771 |
55.1% 5,860 |
|
1956 |
40.6% 3,596 |
59.5% 5,271 |
|
1952 |
42.4% 3,390 |
57.5% 4,604 |
0.1% 9 |
1948 |
27.3% 1,644 |
72.4% 4,354 |
0.3% 16 |
1944 |
38.5% 2,344 |
61.4% 3,741 |
0.1% 8 |
1940 |
35.4% 2,545 |
64.4% 4,635 |
0.2% 13 |
1936 |
26.7% 1,787 |
73.0% 4,884 |
0.3% 20 |
1932 |
18.2% 1,160 |
81.5% 5,179 |
0.3% 19 |
1928 |
41.9% 2,423 |
57.9% 3,344 |
0.2% 10 |
1924 |
34.8% 1,999 |
64.0% 3,674 |
1.2% 71 |
1920 |
28.3% 1,724 |
71.5% 4,361 |
0.3% 17 |
1916 |
23.5% 921 |
76.0% 2,974 |
0.5% 20 |
1912 |
14.8% 510 |
73.6% 2,535 |
11.6% 400 |
1908 |
25.8% 982 |
73.5% 2,795 |
0.6% 24 |
1904 |
27.1% 953 |
72.0% 2,537 |
0.9% 32 |
1900 |
24.5% 997 |
74.9% 3,052 |
0.7% 28 |
1896 |
24.5% 1,044 |
74.8% 3,191 |
0.7% 31 |
1892 |
23.7% 885 |
71.4% 2,664 |
4.9% 183 |
1888 |
26.8% 1,010 |
72.2% 2,727 |
1.0% 38 |
Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 5,434, than any candidate from either party in Platte County during the 2008 presidential primary.
Communities
Unincorporated communities
References
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