Jefferson County is located in the eastern portion of the state of

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. It is a part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 226,739, making it the sixth-most populous county in Missouri. Its

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is Hillsboro. The county was organized in 1818 and named in honor of former

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. In 1980, according to the U.S. census held that year, the county contained the mean center of U.S. population. Notably, this was the first census in which the center of population was west of the

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. Jefferson County is part of the

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and encompasses many of the city's southern

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Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.2%) is water. The county's eastern border is the

Adjacent counties

* St. Louis County (north) * Monroe County, Illinois (east) * Ste. Genevieve County (southeast) * St. Francois County (south) * Washington County (southwest) * Franklin County (west)

Major highways

* Interstate 55 * U.S. Route 61 * U.S. Route 67 * Route 21 * Route 30 * Route 109 *

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* Route 141 * Route 231

National protected area

* Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Demographics

As of the 2020 Census Jefferson County had a population of 226,739. The ethnic and racial makeup of the county was 90.4% white (89.7% non-hispanic white), 1.0% black or African American, 0.3% American Indian, 0.8% Asian, 0.8% some other race, and 6.6% two or more races. 2.4% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin. As of the 2010 Census Jefferson County had a population of 218,733. The reported ethnic and racial make up of the population was 95.4% non-Hispanic white, 0.8% African-American, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.4% reporting some other race, 1.3% reporting two or more races and 1.6% Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the

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of 2000, there were 198,099 people, 71,499 households, and 54,553 families residing in the county. The

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was . There were 75,586 housing units at an average density of 115 per square mile (44/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.48%

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, 0.68%

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, 0.29% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.01%

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, 0.24% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. Approximately 1.01% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 71,499 households, out of which 38.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.00% were

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living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.70% were non-families. 18.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.12. In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.90% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 31.80% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 9.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males. The median income for a household in the county was $60,636, and the median income for a family was $66,697. Males had a median income of $37,822 versus $25,440 for females. The

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for the county was $25,058. About 4.90% of families and 6.80% of the population were below the

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, including 8.10% of those under age 18 and 6.30% of those age 65 or over. There were 146,316 registered voters in 2008. As of Oct. 24, 2012, there were 148,011.

2020 Census

Education

Public schools

* School District 47 - Crystal City ** Crystal City High School - Crystal City *De Soto School District 73 - De Soto **Early Childhood Center (PK) **Athena Elementary School (K-06) **Vineland Elementary School (K-06) **De Soto Jr. High School (07-08) ** De Soto High School (09-12) *

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* Festus R-IV School District - Festus **Festus Elementary School (K-03) **Festus Intermediate School (04-06) **Festus Middle School (07-08) ** Festus High School (09-12) * Fox C-6 School District -

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* Grandview R-II School District - Hillsboro **Grandview Elementary School (K-05) - Hillsboro **Grandview Middle School (06-08) - Hillsboro ** Grandview High School (09-12) - Ware * Hillsboro R-3 School District - Hillsboro **Hillsboro Primary School (K-02) **Hillsboro Elementary School (03-04) **Hillsboro Middle School (05-06) **Hillsboro Jr. High School (07-08) ** Hillsboro High School (09-12) * Jefferson County R-VII School District - Festus **Plattin Primary School (PK-02) - Plattin **Telegraph Intermediate School (03-05) - Festus **Danby-Rush Tower Middle School (06-08) - Festus ** Jefferson High School- Festus * Northwest R-I School District - High Ridge **Brennan Woods Elementary School (K-05) - High Ridge **Cedar Springs Elementary School (K-05) - House Springs **High Ridge Elementary School (K-05) - High Ridge **House Springs Elementary School (K-05) - House Springs **Maple Grove Elementary School (K-05) - Dittmer **Murphy Elementary School (K-05) - High Ridge **Woodridge Middle School (06-08) - High Ridge **Valley Middle School (06-08) - House Springs ** Northwest High School (09-12) - Cedar Hill * Sunrise R-IX School District - De Soto **Sunrise Elementary School (K-08) - De Soto * Windsor C-1 School District -

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Private schools

*Christian Outreach School (K-12) - Hillsboro - Nondenominational Christian *People's Christian Academy (K-12) - Arnold -

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* Twin City Christian Academy (PK-12) - Festus -

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*Good Shepherd Catholic School - (K-08) - Hillsboro - Roman Catholic *Holy Child Elementary & Middle School - Arnold - (K-08) - Roman Catholic *Manna Christian Academy - De Soto - (K-12) -

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*Our Lady's Catholic School - Festus - (K-08) - Roman Catholic *Sacred Heart Catholic School - Festus - (K-08) - Roman Catholic *St. Anthony's Catholic School - High Ridge - (K-08) - Roman Catholic *St. Joseph's Catholic School -

- (K-08) - Roman Catholic *St. Johns Lutheran School - Arnold - (PK-08) - Lutheran *St. Johns School -

- (K-08) - Nondenominational Christianity *St. Rose of Lima Catholic School - De Soto - (K-08) - Roman Catholic

Post-secondary

Jefferson College - Hillsboro A public, two-year community college

Public libraries

* Crystal City Public Library * De Soto Public Library *Festus Public Library * Herculaneum Public Library *Jefferson County Public Library

Politics

Local

Historically, the Democratic Party has controlled politics at the local level in Jefferson County but starting in 2010 the Republican Party has flipped the county with 66% of the population voting Republican in 2020.

State

Jefferson County is divided into seven legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives; All of which are held by Republicans. Jefferson County consists of two State Senate Districts. *District 111 Shane Roden (R-

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). Consists of Byrnes Mill, Cedar Hill, Cedar Hill Lakes, House Springs, and Scottsdale. *District 112 Rob Vescovo (R-

). Consists of areas near Arnold and Byrnes Mill. *District 113 Dan Shaul (R-

). Consists of most Arnold, all of Imperial and Kimmswick, and part of Barnhart. *District 114 Becky Ruth (R- Festus). Consists of part of Barnhart, and all of Crystal City, Festus, Herculaneum, and Pevely. *District 115 Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (R- Festus). Consists of Olympian Village and areas near De Soto. *District 118 Mike McGirl (R- Potosi). Consists of De Soto and Hillsboro. Jefferson County is also divided into two districts in the Missouri Senate. *District 3 — Elaine Gannon (R- De Soto) Consists of De Soto, Hillsboro, and Olympian Village as well as part of Festus. *District 22 — Paul Wieland (R-

) Consists of the northern part of the county.

Federal

Jefferson County is divided among three congressional districts. Prior to the 2012 election all of it was included in

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, but now about half of it is in the 3rd District, while the northeastern portion is in the 2nd Congressional District and the southern portion is in the 8th Congressional District.

Political culture

A predominantly

an county, Jefferson County used to be fairly independent-leaning at the federal level with a tendency to tilt Democratic. Presidential elections in Jefferson County were often very close; George W. Bush just narrowly carried the county in

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by less than 600 votes and by just over a half of a percentage point.

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and

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also just narrowly carried the county in 2000 and 2008, respectively.

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, however, did manage to carry Jefferson County by double digits both times in 1992 and 1996. However, in 2012 the county began to swing hard to the right with

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carrying it with 55% of the vote. In 2016

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won the county with 65% of the vote, the largest margin of any candidate since

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in 1964. Typical of the suburban culture in most counties throughout the country, voters in Jefferson County tend to be rather centrist on social issues but more liberal on economic issues. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it overwhelmingly passed Jefferson County with 72.56 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban

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. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it narrowly passed Jefferson County with 51.85 percent voting for the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the

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in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Jefferson County with 79.90 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 78.99 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

2008 Missouri presidential primary

;Republican

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(R-

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) won Jefferson County with 33.54% of the vote. Former

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(R-

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finished in second with 30.45% of the vote, while former

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(R-

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) came in third with 30.19% in Jefferson County.

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-leaning U.S. Representative

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) finished a distant fourth place with 3.94% of the vote in Jefferson County. McCain received all of Missouri's 58 delegates as the Republican Party utilizes the winner-takes-all system. ;Democratic

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(D-

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) won Jefferson County over Senator

(D-

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) with 61.32% of the vote, while Obama received 35.02% of the vote. Although he withdrew from the race, former

John Edwards (D-

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) still received 2.74% of the vote in Jefferson County. Jefferson County gave Clinton one of her strongest showings in a predominantly suburban county in the entire country. Clinton had a large initial lead in Missouri at the beginning of the evening as the rural precincts began to report, leading several news organizations to call the state for her; however, Obama rallied from behind as the heavily

precincts from St. Louis began to report and eventually put him over the top. In the end, Obama received 49.32 percent of the vote to Clinton's 47.90% — a 1.42% difference. Both candidates split Missouri's 72 delegates, as the Democratic Party utilizes

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. *Hillary Rodham Clinton received more votes, a total of 19,075, than any candidate from either party in Jefferson County during the 2008 Missouri Presidential Primaries. She also received more votes than the total number of votes cast in the entire Republican Primary in Jefferson County.

Health

According to a 2012 census study by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Jefferson County led the Saint Louis metropolitan area in the number of adults who smoke, roughly 30% of all adult residents of Jefferson County smoked or used tobacco in some form, compared to the 19% national average and the 24% Missouri state average. Jefferson County and the state of Missouri led the nation in

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production, peaking in the mid-2000s.

Recreation

Communities

Cities

* Byrnes Mill * Crystal City * De Soto * Festus *

* Hillsboro (county seat) *

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* Olympian Village * Pevely

Villages

* Cedar Hill Lakes * Lake Tekakwitha * Parkdale * Peaceful Village * Scotsdale

Townships

* Big River *

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* High Ridge *

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* Meramec * Plattin * Rock * Valle

Census-designated places

* Barnhart * Briarwood Estates *

* High Ridge * Horine *

* LaBarque Creek *

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* Raintree Plantation * Summer Set

Other unincorporated communities

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* Bailey * Belews Creek * Bushburg * Danby * Dittmer * Donnell * Fletcher * Flucom * Frumet * Goldman * Grubville *

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* House Springs * Jarvis * Knorpp * Liguori * Local * Ludwig * Mapaville *

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* Meramec Heights * Morse Mill * Munsons * Oermann * Old Mines * Papin * Plattin * Regina * Riverside * Rush Tower * Seckman * Selma * Sulphur Springs * Valles Mines * Victoria * Vineland * Ware

References

External links

Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Jefferson County
from

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Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books
Jefferson County Heritage and Historical Society
of Missouri

* https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Publications/2021-2022_MO_Roster.pdf {{authority control Missouri counties 1818 establishments in Missouri Territory Missouri counties on the Mississippi River Populated places established in 1818 Regions of Greater St. Louis