Clay township, Ralls County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Clay township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
74% of Clay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1340
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 89
- South: 21
- West: 25
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 470
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 8
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $137,500
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 176 (17 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 63
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- German (63.2%)
- Norwegian (8.4%)
- Swedish (7.3%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Danish (2.0%)
- Polish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (33%)
- India (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 640 (79%)
- Carpooled: 68 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 68 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (6%)
17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.7% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 41% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (32% speak English very well, 61% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,493- In family households: 1,370 (354 male householders, 49 female householders)
377 spouses, 550 children (517 natural, 15 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 8 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 123 (48 male householders (27 living alone)), 32 female householders (23 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 151 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 94 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person, 21 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 1 5-persons,
478 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (46 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
| Here: | 29.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 21.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |