Palestine township, Cooper County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (75% naturalized citizens)
Palestine township: | 4.4% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
67% of Palestine township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 269
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 15
- South: 23
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 144
- One, attached: 2
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,700
Housing units in Palestine township with a mortgage: 31 (5 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (48%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Construction (3%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (16%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Palestine township:
- German (45.6%)
- English (17.7%)
- United States or American (11.3%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
- Polish (0.7%)
- Russian (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- United Kingdom (19%)
- Other South America (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 128 (80%)
- Carpooled: 23 (14%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (3%)
92.6% of residents of Palestine township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 359- In family households: 318 (98 male householders, 10 female householders)
105 spouses, 95 children (83 natural, 4 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (22 male householders (14 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 56 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 8 2-persons,
72 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (2 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 12.2% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 11.1% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |