Independence township, Dunklin County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Independence township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Independence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8647
- Northeast: 121
- Midwest: 661
- South: 3138
- West: 260
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Independence township, Missouri:
- 237 people in nursing homes
- 69 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 14 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 8 people in other types of correctional institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,479
- One, attached: 116
- Two: 162
- 3 or 4: 329
- 5 to 9: 31
- 10 to 19: 33
- 20 to 49: 35
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 435
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Independence township with a mortgage: 1,730 (98 second mortgage, 107 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,240
- Construction (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Independence township:
- United States or American (36.4%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- German (8.6%)
- English (7.6%)
- African (1.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (29%)
- Taiwan (20%)
- India (15%)
- Honduras (9%)
- Other Eastern Africa (6%)
- France (5%)
- Haiti (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,163 (82%)
- Carpooled: 511 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 20 (0%)
- Taxi: 41 (1%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 106 (2%)
- Other means: 51 (1%)
- Worked at home: 161 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
People in group quarters in Independence township, Missouri:
- 237 people in nursing homes
- 69 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 14 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 8 people in other types of correctional institutions
97.2% of residents of Independence township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (10% speak English very well, 90% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,637- In family households: 10,781 (2,569 male householders, 1,015 female householders)
2,727 spouses, 3,826 children (3,462 natural, 103 adopted, 261 stepchildren), 214 grandchildren, 61 brothers or sisters, 74 parents, 70 other relatives, 225 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,856 (560 male householders (471 living alone)), 1,098 female householders (1,017 living alone)), 198 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 370 (332 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,618 2-persons, 880 3-persons, 689 4-persons, 262 5-persons, 100 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,488 1-person, 148 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
1,948 married couples with children.
1,118 single-parent households (154 men, 964 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 27
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |