Perry County, Missouri (MO)

Races in Perry County, Missouri:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $172,285

Here:	$172,285
State:	$199,711

Townhouses or other attached units: $173,009

Here:	$173,009
State:	$185,692

In 2-unit structures: $70,372

Here:	$70,372
State:	$123,941

Mobile homes: $91,772

Here:	$91,772
State:	$92,392

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 8
• Burglaries: 12
• Thefts: 27
• Auto thefts: 6

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 19
• Thefts: 29
• Auto thefts: 3

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,082 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,066 (0.9%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Perry County is $375 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $589 a month.

Cities in this county include: Perryville, Brewer, Altenburg, Frohna, Longtown, Biehle, Lithium.

2012 air pollution in Perry County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.042 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Alamosa County, Colorado , Boyle County, Kentucky , Breathitt County, Kentucky , Huerfano County, Colorado , Hardin County, Kentucky , Hopkins County, Kentucky , Phelps County .

Current college students: 497
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 186 (47.2% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Perry County population

• 732010 or later
• 162000 to 2009
• 341990 to 1999
• 451980 to 1989
• 191970 to 1979
• 63Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 76.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,999
• One, attached: 56
• Two: 268
• 3 or 4: 221
• 5 to 9: 245
• 10 to 19: 48
• 20 to 49: 143
• 50 or more: 7
• Mobile homes: 676

Housing units in Perry County with a mortgage: 3,178 (41 second mortgage, 403 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,576

Religion statistics for Perry County

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Agriculture in Perry County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 23, 2015 to January 09, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4250: January 21, 2016, FEMA Id: 4250, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 22, 2015 to January 09, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3374: January 02, 2016, FEMA Id: 3374, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 15, 2015 to July 27, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4238: August 07, 2015, FEMA Id: 4238, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 29, 2013 to June 11, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4130: July 18, 2013, FEMA Id: 4130, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 19, 2011 to June 06, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1980: May 09, 2011, FEMA Id: 1980, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3317: February 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 3317, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 12, 2010 to July 31, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1934: August 17, 2010, FEMA Id: 1934, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 08, 2009 to May 16, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1847: June 19, 2009, FEMA Id: 1847, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 28, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3303: January 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 3303, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado, Incident Period: September 11, 2008 to September 24, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1809: November 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 1809, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.42% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($28,787 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.83% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($17,344 average AGI)
1.59% relocated from other states ($11,443 average AGI)

Perry County:	1.59%
Missouri average:	2.54%

from Cape Girardeau County, MO	0.79% ($25,732 average AGI)
from Ste. Genevieve County, MO	0.48% ($24,088)
from Bollinger County, MO	0.35% ($21,400)
from St. Francois County, MO	0.28% ($15,750)
from Randolph County, IL	0.25% ($21,667)
from St. Louis County, MO	0.23% ($72,688)

4.43% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($33,162 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.01% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($19,737 average AGI)
1.42% relocated to other states ($13,425 average AGI)

Perry County:	1.42%
Missouri average:	2.76%

to Cape Girardeau County, MO	1.00% ($29,873 average AGI)
to St. Louis County, MO	0.37% ($33,308)
to Ste. Genevieve County, MO	0.35% ($33,600)
to Bollinger County, MO	0.20% ($23,071)
to Jefferson County, MO	0.18% ($33,769)
to Randolph County, IL	0.14% ($30,200)
to Oakland County, MI	0.14% ($170,100)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 10.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Perry County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 16,410 (2,886 male householders, 2,420 female householders)

  4,410 spouses, 5,530 children (5,182 natural, 86 adopted, 264 stepchildren), 376 grandchildren, 238 brothers or sisters, 105 parents, 102 other relatives, 319 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,511 (973 male householders (766 living alone)), 1,147 female householders (1,064 living alone)), 384 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 331

Size of family households: 2,570 2-persons, 1,035 3-persons, 951 4-persons, 508 5-persons, 183 6-persons, 70 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,830 1-person, 239 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 39 4-persons.

3,160 married couples with children.
956 single-parent households (159 men, 797 women).

97.1% of residents of Perry speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $93,929,000 ($5,136 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,224,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $42,172,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $21,191,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,400,000
Federal grants: $19,759,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,574,000 ($517,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,832,000 ($4,086,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $600,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,120,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,606,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.29 millions of gallons per day (39% from ground, 61% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to Perry County population

• 82014 or later
• 3562010 to 2013
• 7432000 to 2009
• 1,3301990 to 1999
• 1,0831980 to 1989
• 1,7951970 to 1979
• 6791960 to 1969
• 1,0351950 to 1959
• 6161940 to 1949
• 9821939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Perry County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Perry County population

• 311 room
• 102 rooms
• 903 rooms
• 4674 rooms
• 1,4135 rooms
• 1,3026 rooms
• 8997 rooms
• 7208 rooms
• 7889+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Perry County population

• 331 room
• 882 rooms
• 1203 rooms
• 5934 rooms
• 3545 rooms
• 2146 rooms
• 1107 rooms
• 1158 rooms
• 539+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Perry County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Perry County population

• 29no bedroom
• 811 bedroom
• 1,0802 bedrooms
• 3,1733 bedrooms
• 1,0644 bedrooms
• 2915+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Perry County population

• 33no bedroom
• 2071 bedroom
• 8092 bedrooms
• 4303 bedrooms
• 1614 bedrooms
• 405+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Perry County, Missouri in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Perry County population

• 146no vehicle
• 1,0261 vehicle
• 2,2952 vehicles
• 1,5753 vehicles
• 5044 vehicles
• 2395+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Perry County population

• 163no vehicle
• 7661 vehicle
• 5762 vehicles
• 1443 vehicles
• 274 vehicles
• 55+ vehicles

88.9% of Perry County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Missouri.

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

• This state: 15,113
• Other state: 3,753
• Northeast: 133
• Midwest: 1,998
• South: 856
• West: 770

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 348
• Number of aged recipients: 22
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 326
• Number of recipients under 18: 58
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 232
• Number of recipients older than 64: 58
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 133
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 150

Perry County on our top lists:

• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"