Adams township, DeKalb County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 204 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Adams township: | 204.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
52% of Adams township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 16955
- Northeast: 1549
- Midwest: 5623
- South: 2078
- West: 689
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $174,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,327
- One, attached: 478
- Two: 68
- 3 or 4: 88
- 5 to 9: 197
- 10 to 19: 459
- 20 to 49: 112
- 50 or more: 221
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Adams township with a mortgage: 6,971 (766 second mortgage, 836 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,681
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Physicians and surgeons (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Adams township:
- German (35.7%)
- English (9.0%)
- United States or American (8.5%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Polish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (17%)
- Canada (14%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Russia (4%)
- Nigeria (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,938 (89%)
- Carpooled: 892 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (0%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (0%)
- Other means: 47 (0%)
- Worked at home: 563 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
93.8% of residents of Adams township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 28,306- In family households: 25,865 (7,264 male householders, 1,017 female householders)
7,524 spouses, 9,502 children (8,942 natural, 259 adopted, 301 stepchildren), 144 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 134 other relatives, 172 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,441 (910 male householders (724 living alone)), 1,182 female householders (1,084 living alone)), 349 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 32 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,452 2-persons, 1,670 3-persons, 2,069 4-persons, 812 5-persons, 201 6-persons, 77 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,808 1-person, 240 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
120 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (8 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 676
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 315
| Here: | 16.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 247
| Here: | 25.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |