Central township, Perry County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Central township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
58% of Central township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8570
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 1098
- South: 398
- West: 181
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
People in group quarters in Central township, Missouri:
- 273 people in nursing homes
- 34 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 24 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,305
- One, attached: 61
- Two: 167
- 3 or 4: 173
- 5 to 9: 126
- 10 to 19: 14
- 20 to 49: 45
- Mobile homes: 455
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,300
Housing units in Central township with a mortgage: 1,303 (86 second mortgage, 163 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,073
- Construction (13%)
- Food (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Food (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Central township:
- German (52.9%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- French (except Basque) (7.5%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- English (2.9%)
- Polish (0.9%)
- Italian (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (13%)
- France (13%)
- Japan (12%)
- Thailand (11%)
- Laos (9%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Vietnam (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,075 (82%)
- Carpooled: 583 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 49 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 87 (2%)
- Other means: 41 (1%)
- Worked at home: 148 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
People in group quarters in Central township, Missouri:
- 273 people in nursing homes
- 34 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 24 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in religious group quarters
95.5% of residents of Central township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 40% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,089- In family households: 8,517 (2,221 male householders, 504 female householders)
2,273 spouses, 3,093 children (2,889 natural, 49 adopted, 155 stepchildren), 150 grandchildren, 69 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 59 other relatives, 142 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,572 (614 male householders (476 living alone)), 706 female householders (631 living alone)), 252 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 379 (310 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,158 2-persons, 600 3-persons, 577 4-persons, 300 5-persons, 60 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,107 1-person, 154 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,921 married couples with children.
532 single-parent households (94 men, 438 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 375
| Here: | 30.2% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 113
| Here: | 25.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |