Doniphan township, Ripley County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Doniphan township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Doniphan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3416
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 579
- South: 938
- West: 227
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Doniphan township, Missouri:
- 127 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,843
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 65
- 5 to 9: 38
- 10 to 19: 31
- 20 to 49: 18
- Mobile homes: 447
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,600
Housing units in Doniphan township with a mortgage: 519 (34 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 466
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Doniphan township:
- United States or American (32.4%)
- Irish (15.7%)
- German (10.5%)
- English (10.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (28%)
- Germany (15%)
- Japan (15%)
- Italy (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Canada (7%)
- Netherlands (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,462 (78%)
- Carpooled: 296 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 48 (3%)
- Other means: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (35%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Wood (9%)
People in group quarters in Doniphan township, Missouri:
- 127 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.3% of residents of Doniphan township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,151- In family households: 4,350 (1,170 male householders, 309 female householders)
1,188 spouses, 1,393 children (1,182 natural, 84 adopted, 127 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 61 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 52 other relatives, 110 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 801 (270 male householders (228 living alone)), 468 female householders (450 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 153 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 693 2-persons, 381 3-persons, 246 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 678 1-person, 60 2-persons,
814 married couples with children.
331 single-parent households (69 men, 262 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |