Prairie township, Randolph County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (16% naturalized citizens)
| Prairie township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
51% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3018
- Northeast: 94
- Midwest: 437
- South: 331
- West: 178
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
1,796 people in state prisons
69 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 627
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 4
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 290
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,300
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 174 (21 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 95
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- German (23.3%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (6.9%)
- African (3.9%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (30%)
- Germany (21%)
- Other Eastern Africa (21%)
- Other Caribbean (21%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 805 (73%)
- Carpooled: 229 (21%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Wood (10%)
- Other fuel (2%)
1,796 people in state prisons
69 people in nursing homes
94.5% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,270- In family households: 2,066 (583 male householders, 90 female householders)
585 spouses, 679 children (604 natural, 15 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 27 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 204 (89 male householders (72 living alone)), 86 female householders (79 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,871 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 286 2-persons, 173 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
413 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (32 men, 67 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 75
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 19.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |