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Macon County, MO mapCounty population in 2005: 15,600 (33% urban, 67% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,934
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,567
% of renters here:  24%
State:  30%
Land area: 804 sq. mi.
Water area: 8.8 sq. mi.
Population density: 19 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This county:  12.5%
Whole state:  11.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This county:  3.8%
Whole state:  5.1%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.2%), Manufacturing (17.7%), Retail trade (12.3%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 73%
  • Government: 14%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 11%
  • Unpaid family work: 1%

Macon County, Missouri business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Macon County, Missouri:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.6%)
  • Black (2.2%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)
  • Hispanic (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:  40.1 years
Missouri median age:  36.1 years

Males: 7,695  (48.8%)
Females: 8,067  (51.2%)
Average wage per job in 2003: $22,557
County population in 2003: 15,630
Jobs in 2003: 5,403

Total labor force in 2004: 8,074
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.4%

Average household size:
Macon County:  2.4 people
Missouri:  2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $33,411 ($30,195 in 2000)
This county  $33,411
Missouri:  $41,974

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $79,186
Macon County  $79,186
Missouri:  $123,100

Median montly rent in 2000: $308
Institutionalized population: 292
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Macon County in 2000: $597


Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 0
  • Rapes: 3
  • Robberies: 2
  • Assaults: 27
  • Burglaries: 57
  • Thefts: 84
  • Auto thefts: 2

Macon County races chart


Macon County, MO map from a distance


2004 Presidential Election results in Macon County Missouri:


Bush/Cheney (Republican): 61.7%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 37.7%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $433 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Macon County is $376 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $464 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $555 a month.

Cities in this county include: Macon, La Plata, Bevier, Atlanta, Callao, New Cambria, Ethel, Elmer.

Neighboring counties: Adair County , Chariton County , Knox County , Linn County , Monroe County , Randolph County , Shelby County .


Macon County close-up map

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Macon County: Star Store (A), Dodd (B), Northwestern (C), Union Hall (D), Sue City Community Hall (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Macon County include: Union Chapel (A), New Harmony Church (B), Antioch Church (C), Ten Mile Church (D), Enon Church (E), Concord Church (F), White Oak Church (G), Mount Salem Church (H), Friendship Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Goodson Cemetery (1), Murry Cemetery (2), Agee Cemetery (3), Mount Zion Cemetery (4), Bunce Cemetery (5), Amish Cemetery (6), Mount Olive Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Bone Yard Lake (A), Fish Lake (B), Agee Lake (C), Speno Lake (D), Swan Lake (E), Round Lake (F), Taylor Hole (G), Duck Hunters Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Huckleberry Creek (A), Walnut Creek (B), Narrows Creek (C), Ward Branch (D), Hoover Creek (E), Elam Creek (F), Dutch Creek (G), Duck Creek (H), Linn Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Macon County include: Redman State Wildlife Area (1), Atlanta State Wildlife Area (2), Griffith State Wildlife Area (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post offices: Kaseyville Post Office (A), Lyda Post Office (B), Narrows Creek Post Office (C), Cottage Post Office (D), Tullvania Post Office (E), Seney Post Office (F), Snow Post Office (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

 
Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:  4.7%
Missouri:  5.1%


Unemployment by year (%)


County total employment by year


County average yearly wages by year ($)


Current college students: 339
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 49 (39% naturalized citizens)

Macon County:  0.3%
Whole state:  2.7%


Year of entry for the foreign-born population

  • 1995 to March 2000: 13
  • 1990 to 1994: 8
  • 1985 to 1989: 9
  • 1980 to 1984: 2
  • 1975 to 1979: 4
  • 1970 to 1974: 5
  • 1970 to 1974: 3
  • 1965 to 1969: 5

Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.0%

Macon County marital status for males

Macon County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 5,764
  • One, attached: 40
  • Two: 108
  • 3 or 4: 356
  • 5 to 9: 64
  • 10 to 19: 84
  • 20 or more: 62
  • Mobile homes: 998
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26

Housing units in Macon County with a mortgage: 1,436 (67 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,432


Agriculture in Macon County
Average size of farms: 301 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $30454
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $126.55
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.77%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 53.61%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $23649
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 37.12%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $41879
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.56%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 12.20
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.56%
Corn for grain: 22112 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 6931 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 68557 harvested acres
Vegetables: 17 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 6 acres

Macon County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Missouri state average. It is 3.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 12 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/23/1975, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 4 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.



Class of Workers



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (14%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Utilities (5%)
  • Food (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (20%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:



  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (22%)
  • Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (12%)
  • Panama (12%)
  • United Kingdom (10%)
  • Hong Kong (10%)
  • Germany (6%)
  • Philippines (6%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Macon County:



  • German (23%)
  • United States or American (22%)
  • English (14%)
  • Irish (11%)
  • Italian (5%)
  • Scotch-Irish (3%)
  • European (2%)

Macon County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 5,620 (77%)
  • Carpooled: 982 (13%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 6 (0%)
  • Walked: 184 (3%)
  • Other means: 65 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 432 (6%)
 

People in group quarters in Macon County, Missouri
  • 287 people in nursing homes
  • 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $37,165.

5.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,333 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.75%
Missouri average:  7.87%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.21% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($20,374 average AGI)
1.54% relocated from other states ($7,960 average AGI)
Macon County:  1.54%
Missouri average:  2.98%



Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries


Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Randolph County, MO  0.83% ($26,700 average AGI)
from Adair County, MO  0.53% ($27,250)
from Boone County, MO  0.41% ($18,560)
from Shelby County, MO  0.40% ($23,958)
from Linn County, MO  0.25% ($20,133)


6.29% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,172 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.29%
Missouri average:  7.66%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.61% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($19,637 average AGI)
1.67% relocated to other states ($9,535 average AGI)
Macon County:  1.67%
Missouri average:  2.81%



Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries


Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Randolph County, MO  0.66% ($22,275 average AGI)
to Boone County, MO  0.62% ($39,237)
to Adair County, MO  0.57% ($22,286)
to Shelby County, MO  0.43% ($18,577)
to Linn County, MO  0.30% ($16,333)
to Jackson County, MO  0.26% ($28,563)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.0



Births per 1000 population in Macon County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.3



Deaths per 1000 population in Macon County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.3



Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Macon County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,280 (2,845 aged, 435 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%


Household type by relationship


Households: 15,451
  • In family households: 12,997 (3,578 male householders, 778 female householders)
    3,610 spouses, 4,374 children (4,029 natural, 82 adopted, 263 stepchildren), 194 grandchildren, 42 brothers or sisters, 56 parents, 66 other relatives, 299 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 2,454 (919 male householders (757 living alone)), 1,219 female householders (1,141 living alone)), 316 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 311 (292 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,195 2-persons, 938 3-persons, 742 4-persons, 325 5-persons, 108 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,898 1-person, 192 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 5 6-persons.

2,691 married couples with children.
804 single-parent households (216 men, 588 women).

96.6% of residents of Macon County speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $116,654,000 ($7500 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,911,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $44,873,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $31,397,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,308,000
Federal grants: $25,496,000
Federal procurement contracts: $924,000 ($63,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,655,000 ($2,382,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $548,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,356,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,406,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 972
Here:  62 per 1000 residents
State:  69 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,156
Here:  74 per 1000 residents
State:  49 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +10
Here:  +1 per 1000 residents
State:  +7 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +37
Here:  +2 per 1000 residents
State:  +5 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Macon County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.16 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  5.8
State:  6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.3
State:  4.2



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 185
  • 1995 to 1998: 420
  • 1990 to 1994: 378
  • 1980 to 1989: 767
  • 1970 to 1979: 1,310
  • 1960 to 1969: 931
  • 1950 to 1959: 716
  • 1940 to 1949: 547
  • 1939 or earlier: 2,248


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Macon County, Missouri:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 27
  • 3 rooms: 137
  • 4 rooms: 563
  • 5 rooms: 1,353
  • 6 rooms: 1,218
  • 7 rooms: 753
  • 8 rooms: 512
  • 9 or more rooms: 371


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Macon County, Missouri:

  • 1 room: 18
  • 2 rooms: 72
  • 3 rooms: 360
  • 4 rooms: 393
  • 5 rooms: 319
  • 6 rooms: 209
  • 7 rooms: 126
  • 8 rooms: 38
  • 9 or more rooms: 32


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Macon County:

  • no bedroom: 4
  • 1 bedroom: 200
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,354
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,450
  • 4 bedrooms: 765
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 161


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Macon County:

  • no bedroom: 23
  • 1 bedroom: 485
  • 2 bedrooms: 631
  • 3 bedrooms: 322
  • 4 bedrooms: 78
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 28


Cars and other vehicles available in Macon County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 214
  • 1 vehicle: 1,258
  • 2 vehicles: 2,159
  • 3 vehicles: 960
  • 4 vehicles: 263
  • 5 or more vehicles: 80


Cars and other vehicles available in Macon County in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 260
  • 1 vehicle: 806
  • 2 vehicles: 362
  • 3 vehicles: 80
  • 4 vehicles: 44
  • 5 or more vehicles: 15

59% of Macon County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Missouri.

Macon County:  59.4%
State average:  54.3%


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 12170
  • Northeast: 161
  • Midwest: 2230
  • South: 646
  • West: 494

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:


  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
  • Utility gas (32%)
  • Electricity (19%)
  • Wood (9%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:


  • Utility gas (36%)
  • Electricity (33%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 133
Here:  7.6%
Missouri:  13.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here:  1.8%
Missouri:  11.6%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 23
Here:  7.9%
Missouri:  24.9%



Educational Attainment




School Enrollment by Level of School



Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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