Canton township, Lewis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (39% naturalized citizens)
| Canton township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
49% of Canton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1280
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 1922
- South: 244
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
541 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
81 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 974
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 55
- 3 or 4: 104
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 3
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 176
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,300
Housing units in Canton township with a mortgage: 364 (4 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 238
- Educational services (18%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (28%)
- Health care (15%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canton township:
- German (32.3%)
- United States or American (17.0%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
- Scottish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (45%)
- Australia (16%)
- Yugoslavia (14%)
- Germany (9%)
- Other Southern Europe (9%)
- Russia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,142 (70%)
- Carpooled: 179 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 240 (15%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 65 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
541 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
81 people in nursing homes
94.1% of residents of Canton township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (42% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,008- In family households: 2,541 (692 male householders, 133 female householders)
638 spouses, 983 children (874 natural, 21 adopted, 88 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 12 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 467 (196 male householders (148 living alone)), 219 female householders (219 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 629 (85 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 369 2-persons, 176 3-persons, 158 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 367 1-person, 39 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
611 married couples with children.
214 single-parent households (55 men, 159 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 553
| Here: | 87.6% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |