Jefferson township, Maries County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
74% of Jefferson 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, 91% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 748
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 45
- South: 11
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 279
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 80 (8 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (45.4%)
- Czech (18.8%)
- Norwegian (7.1%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (40%)
- Colombia (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 340 (85%)
- Carpooled: 24 (6%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (4%)
- Worked at home: 16 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (1%)
95.4% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 820- In family households: 709 (180 male householders, 33 female householders)
192 spouses, 283 children (264 natural, 4 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (66 male householders (49 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 5-persons,
436 married couples with children.
186 single-parent households (61 men, 125 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |