Washington township, Ripley County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1,519 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 1519.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
60% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 38077
- Northeast: 3781
- Midwest: 5965
- South: 2055
- West: 1718
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $496,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 14,179
- One, attached: 4,626
- Two: 72
- 3 or 4: 1,182
- 5 to 9: 1,074
- 10 to 19: 772
- 20 to 49: 956
- 50 or more: 254
- Mobile homes: 13
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 14,837 (1,123 second mortgage, 2,273 home equity loan, 106 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,193
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (12.7%)
- Russian (11.5%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- English (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (14%)
- Ukraine (12%)
- Russia (9%)
- Korea (8%)
- India (6%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
- Poland (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 27,245 (81%)
- Carpooled: 2,268 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 121 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 10 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 136 (0%)
- Railroad: 1,744 (5%)
- Taxi: 14 (0%)
- Bicycle: 23 (0%)
- Walked: 171 (1%)
- Other means: 210 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,646 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (7%)
74.7% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
5.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
12.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
6.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 64,562- In family households: 59,205 (15,157 male householders, 2,770 female householders)
16,324 spouses, 22,530 children (21,416 natural, 607 adopted, 507 stepchildren), 160 grandchildren, 364 brothers or sisters, 426 parents, 905 other relatives, 569 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,357 (1,968 male householders (1,521 living alone)), 2,522 female householders (2,244 living alone)), 867 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 817 (711 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,913 2-persons, 4,138 3-persons, 5,144 4-persons, 2,023 5-persons, 554 6-persons, 155 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,765 1-person, 634 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
159 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (15 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 728
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 265
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 600
| Here: | 27.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |