Jefferson township, Scotland County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
64% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 469
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 233
- South: 7
- West: 18
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
120 people in nursing homes
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 814
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- 20 to 49: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 119
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $57,500
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 127 (15 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 78
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- Norwegian (42.8%)
- German (26.8%)
- Swedish (7.7%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- English (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (60%)
- Netherlands (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 266 (76%)
- Carpooled: 35 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 36 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (4%)
120 people in nursing homes
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
96.7% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 749- In family households: 659 (222 male householders, 18 female householders)
229 spouses, 172 children (153 natural, 0 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 90 (47 male householders (35 living alone)), 27 female householders (25 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 149 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person, 14 2-persons,
487 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (23 men, 101 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |