St. Francois township, St. Francois County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (47% naturalized citizens)
| St. Francois township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
45% of St. Francois township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 19739
- Northeast: 276
- Midwest: 1950
- South: 1665
- West: 936
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in St. Francois township, Missouri:
- 2,593 people in state prisons
- 618 people in nursing homes
- 119 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 116 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 43 people in other group homes
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,697
- One, attached: 143
- Two: 372
- 3 or 4: 572
- 5 to 9: 322
- 10 to 19: 480
- 20 to 49: 203
- 50 or more: 141
- Mobile homes: 991
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,600
Housing units in St. Francois township with a mortgage: 2,987 (275 second mortgage, 221 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,754
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in St. Francois township:
- United States or American (24.0%)
- German (17.2%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- English (10.2%)
- French (except Basque) (8.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Pakistan (18%)
- Philippines (14%)
- Germany (10%)
- Japan (7%)
- Greece (6%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,296 (81%)
- Carpooled: 1,255 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 47 (1%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 143 (2%)
- Other means: 52 (1%)
- Worked at home: 214 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Electricity (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in St. Francois township, Missouri:
- 2,593 people in state prisons
- 618 people in nursing homes
- 119 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 116 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 43 people in other group homes
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
96.5% of residents of St. Francois township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 21,517- In family households: 17,872 (4,383 male householders, 1,596 female householders)
4,494 spouses, 6,182 children (5,311 natural, 165 adopted, 706 stepchildren), 380 grandchildren, 128 brothers or sisters, 117 parents, 112 other relatives, 480 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,645 (1,294 male householders (1,046 living alone)), 1,841 female householders (1,704 living alone)), 510 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3,471 (3,317 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,766 2-persons, 1,424 3-persons, 1,145 4-persons, 493 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 62 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,750 1-person, 328 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
3,330 married couples with children.
1,586 single-parent households (322 men, 1,264 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 304
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 125
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 94
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |