Delaware township, Shannon County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8,856 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Delaware township: | 8856.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
66% of Delaware township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 20700
- Northeast: 12676
- Midwest: 725
- South: 797
- West: 512
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $188,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,133
- One, attached: 2,203
- Two: 228
- 3 or 4: 371
- 5 to 9: 810
- 10 to 19: 1,076
- 20 to 49: 342
- 50 or more: 433
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,700
Housing units in Delaware township with a mortgage: 9,297 (868 second mortgage, 1,452 home equity loan, 72 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,015
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Computer specialists (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Delaware township:
- Italian (13.7%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- Russian (6.9%)
- German (6.2%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- Hungarian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (19%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- Egypt (7%)
- Taiwan (7%)
- Russia (6%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Ukraine (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 18,185 (77%)
- Carpooled: 2,011 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2,175 (9%)
- Subway or elevated: 11 (0%)
- Railroad: 267 (1%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 62 (0%)
- Walked: 265 (1%)
- Other means: 52 (0%)
- Worked at home: 726 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
70.3% of residents of Delaware township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
11.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
10.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 46,516- In family households: 42,806 (10,663 male householders, 2,513 female householders)
11,515 spouses, 15,738 children (15,106 natural, 325 adopted, 307 stepchildren), 393 grandchildren, 264 brothers or sisters, 545 parents, 792 other relatives, 383 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,710 (1,085 male householders (836 living alone)), 2,117 female householders (1,942 living alone)), 508 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 240 (73 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,503 2-persons, 3,299 3-persons, 3,437 4-persons, 1,388 5-persons, 419 6-persons, 130 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,778 1-person, 392 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
31 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (3 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 561
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 202
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 417
| Here: | 21.6% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |