Ruth A township, Stone County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Ruth A township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
52% of Ruth A township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1749
- Northeast: 113
- Midwest: 821
- South: 449
- West: 262
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,019
- One, attached: 50
- Two: 57
- 3 or 4: 54
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 557
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,900
Housing units in Ruth A township with a mortgage: 259 (15 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 194
- Construction (29%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ruth A township:
- United States or American (27.6%)
- German (16.7%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- English (8.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Mexico (36%)
- Canada (18%)
- Guatemala (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,131 (75%)
- Carpooled: 260 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 80 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.8% of residents of Ruth A township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,422- In family households: 3,012 (829 male householders, 213 female householders)
824 spouses, 917 children (811 natural, 31 adopted, 75 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 53 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 410 (199 male householders (163 living alone)), 164 female householders (152 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 518 2-persons, 233 3-persons, 207 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 315 1-person, 45 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
573 married couples with children.
212 single-parent households (70 men, 142 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 17.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |