Salem township, Dunklin County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 5.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1696
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 185
- South: 905
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
95 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,146
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 8
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 155
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,000
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 330 (15 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 387
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- United States or American (45.7%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- English (7.1%)
- German (6.0%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (99%)
- Japan (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 952 (84%)
- Carpooled: 121 (11%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (1%)
95 people in nursing homes
92.1% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
7.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,921- In family households: 2,437 (646 male householders, 174 female householders)
671 spouses, 754 children (651 natural, 6 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 66 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 34 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 484 (168 male householders (134 living alone)), 253 female householders (232 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 94 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 413 2-persons, 200 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 366 1-person, 43 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
429 married couples with children.
144 single-parent households (39 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 14.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |