Perry township, St. Francois County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (90% naturalized citizens)
Perry township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
61% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7295
- Northeast: 80
- Midwest: 522
- South: 484
- West: 192
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
107 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,937
- One, attached: 59
- Two: 57
- 3 or 4: 153
- 5 to 9: 84
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 4
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 517
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,400
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 1,377 (72 second mortgage, 117 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 763
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- United States or American (28.0%)
- German (19.9%)
- French (except Basque) (10.9%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- English (9.1%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (53%)
- United Kingdom (30%)
- India (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,989 (81%)
- Carpooled: 522 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 59 (2%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (5%)
107 people in nursing homes
97.7% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,497- In family households: 7,550 (2,127 male householders, 388 female householders)
2,090 spouses, 2,534 children (2,267 natural, 39 adopted, 228 stepchildren), 131 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 72 parents, 43 other relatives, 150 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 947 (335 male householders (279 living alone)), 522 female householders (486 living alone)), 90 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 110 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,104 2-persons, 621 3-persons, 514 4-persons, 182 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 765 1-person, 92 2-persons,
1,467 married couples with children.
456 single-parent households (147 men, 309 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Here: | 4.1% |
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: 34
Here: | 11.7% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |