Cooter, Missouri

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Population in July 2008: 414. Population change since 2000: -5.9%

Males: 203	(49.1%)
Females: 211	(50.9%)

Median resident age:	37.2 years
Missouri median age:	36.1 years

Zip codes: 63839.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $36,403 (it was $28,750 in 2000)

Cooter:	$36,403
Missouri:	$45,114

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $16,953

Cooter:	$16,953
Missouri:	$23,915

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $56,036 (it was $34,600 in 2000)

Cooter:	$56,036
Missouri:	$138,600

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $120,940; Detached houses: $140,597; Mobile homes: $29,435

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Races in Cooter:

White Non-Hispanic (97.5%)
American Indian (1.1%)
Hispanic (0.9%)

2008 cost of living index in Cooter: 70.4 (very low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (21.4%), English (13.4%), Irish (13.2%), German (2.0%), Italian (2.0%), Dutch (1.4%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1964

Elevation: 258 feet

Land area: 0.29 square miles.

Population density: 1404 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Cooter

High school or higher: 62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
Unemployed: 7.0%
Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cooter city

Never married: 14.7%
Now married: 61.1%
Separated: 2.9%
Widowed: 9.5%
Divorced: 11.8%

0 residents are foreign born

This city:	0.0%
Missouri:	2.7%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Cooter:	1.0% ($359)
Missouri:	1.0% ($851)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jonesboro, AR (51.7 miles , pop. 55,515).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Memphis, TN (64.9 miles , pop. 650,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (416.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Steele, MO (1.7 miles ), Holland, MO (1.9 miles ), Blytheville, AR (3.1 miles ), Gosnell, AR (3.2 miles ), Rives, MO (3.5 miles) , Caruthersville, MO (3.6 miles ), Hayti Heights, MO (3.6 miles ), Hayti, MO (3.7 miles ).

Latitude: 36.05 N, Longitude: 89.81 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 573

Population change in the 1990s: -16 (-3.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (14%)
Truck transportation (14%)
Metal and metal products (13%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Motor vehicle, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (26%)
Health care (16%)
Social assistance (9%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Public administration (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Construction laborers (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Carpenters (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
Child care workers (9%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)

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Crime in Cooter by Year
Type	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	0	0	2	1	0	4
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	449.4	226.2	0.0	930.2
Burglaries	1	1	1	0	1	5
per 100,000	224.2	225.7	224.7	0.0	227.3	1162.8
Thefts	0	2	1	0	1	1
per 100,000	0.0	451.5	224.7	0.0	227.3	232.6
Auto thefts	1	1	0	0	0	1
per 100,000	224.2	225.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	232.6
Arson	0	0	0	1	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	226.2	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	33.6	51.9	114.6	45.2	25.0	295.3

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (1 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.42
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Cooter, Missouri

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Cooter-area historical tornado activity is above Missouri state average. It is 187% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/21/1952, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 0.6 miles away from the Cooter city center killed 17 people and injured 100 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/1/1997, a category 4 tornado 8.3 miles away from the city center caused $30,000 in damages.

Cooter-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Missouri state average. It is 112% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/4/1991 at 01:18:54, a magnitude 5.0 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 35.8 miles away from Cooter center
On 3/25/1976 at 00:41:20, a magnitude 5.0 (4.9 MB, 5.0 LG) earthquake occurred 40.5 miles away from the city center
On 4/27/1989 at 16:47:49, a magnitude 4.7 (4.6 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.3 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 3.6 miles away from the city center
On 9/26/1990 at 13:18:51, a magnitude 5.0 (4.7 MB, 4.8 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 7.7 mi) earthquake occurred 79.0 miles away from Cooter center
On 9/29/1987 at 00:04:56, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 68.5 miles away from the city center
On 3/25/1976 at 01:00:11, a magnitude 4.5 (4.1 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 48.2 miles away from Cooter center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Cooter:

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BLYTHEVILLE (about 11 miles; BLYTHEVILLE, AR)
PEMISCOT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; HAYTI, MO)
METHODIST HEALTHCARE DYERSBURG HOSPITA (about 21 miles; DYERSBURG, TN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cooter:

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 51 miles; STATE UNIVERSITY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 8,696)
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (about 60 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 15,831)
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UNION CAMPUS (about 60 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (about 60 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 2,019)
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS (about 60 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
UNION UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,144)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN (about 63 miles; MARTIN, TN; FT enrollment: 5,131)

Public high school in Cooter:

Cooter High (Students: 170; Location: Main St; Grades: 07-12)

Public elementary/middle school in Cooter:

Cooter Elem. (Students: 141; Location: Main St; Grades: K-06)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Cooter and their reported violations in the past:

COOTER (Population served: 451, Purch_groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

Average household size:

This city:	2.5 people
Missouri:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	67.6%
Whole state:	67.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	5.7%
Whole state:	5.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.6% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	20.6%
Whole state:	11.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	11.7%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Cooter, MO

Cooter compared to Missouri state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Cooter mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Pemiscot County Missouri:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (74%) Electricity (18%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)

Religion statistics for Cooter

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Churches of Christ	Presbyterian Church (USA)	The Wesleyan Church
Adherents	70.0%	7.6%	4.8%	3.0%	2.8%
Congregations	34.5%	12.7%	16.4%	1.8%	1.8%

Name	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Assemblies of God	Catholic Church	Other religions
Adherents	2.2%	2.1%	2.0%	1.9%	3.6%
Congregations	5.5%	5.5%	7.3%	1.8%	12.7%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	0	$0		7	$2,259
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		2	$408
Police Protection - Officers	1	$1,183	$14,196	0	$0
Police - Other	0	$0		1	$102
Totals for Government	1	$1,183	$14,196	10	$2,769

5.54% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($20,984 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.54%
Missouri average:	7.87%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Dunklin County, MO	0.83% ($22,271 average AGI)
from Mississippi County, AR	0.79% ($19,478)
from New Madrid County, MO	0.47% ($19,704)

6.71% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,782 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.71%
Missouri average:	7.66%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Dunklin County, MO	1.07% ($18,460 average AGI)
to Mississippi County, AR	0.85% ($28,380)
to Dyer County, TN	0.51% ($67,300)

Strongest AM radio stations in Cooter:

KLCN (910 AM; 5 kW; BLYTHEVILLE, AR; Owner: SUDBURY SERVICES, INC.)
KOTC (830 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KENNETT, MO; Owner: EAGLE BLUFF ENTERPRISES)
WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
KCRV (1370 AM; 1 kW; CARUTHERSVILLE, MO; Owner: POLLACK BROADCASTING CO.)
WJCE (680 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: ENTERCOM MEMPHIS LICENSE, LLC)
KWAM (990 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WHBQ (560 AM; 5 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WREC (600 AM; 5 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cooter:

WJZN (98.9 FM; MUNFORD, TN; Owner: MEMPHIS III LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KAMJ (93.9 FM; GOSNELL, AR; Owner: PHOENIX BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
KHLS (96.3 FM; BLYTHEVILLE, AR; Owner: SUDBURY SERVICES, INC.)
WKNQ (90.7 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: MID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMS. FOUNDATION)
KCRV-FM (105.1 FM; CARUTHERSVILLE, MO; Owner: POLLACK BROADCASTING CO.)
WASL (100.1 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: DR PEPPER PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO.)
W205BN (88.9 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
KBCM (88.3 FM; BLYTHEVILLE, AR; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WYPL (89.3 FM; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: MEMPHIS/SHELBY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY & INFO CNTR.)
KQDD (107.3 FM; OSCEOLA, AR; Owner: PHOENIX BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
KTMO (106.5 FM; NEW MADRID, MO; Owner: POLLACK BROADCASTING CO.)
WAPO (90.5 FM; MOUNT VERNON, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WAUV (89.7 FM; RIPLEY, TN; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WKVZ (94.9 FM; RIPLEY, TN; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
KAUF (89.9 FM; KENNETT, MO; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
W202BG (88.3 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Cooter:

WDYR-CA (Channel 33; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
WJKT (Channel 16; JACKSON, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Cooter fatal accident list:
Sep 21, 1983 09:30 AM, E, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 1 meters (3ft)
Total average daily traffic: 17,179
Total average daily truck traffic: 6,871
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 31,781

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