St. James township, Mississippi County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| St. James township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
57% of St. James township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4319
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 436
- South: 708
- West: 109
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
56 people in nursing homes
10 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,878
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 135
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 41
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 35
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 286
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,200
Housing units in St. James township with a mortgage: 639 (19 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 581
- Truck transportation (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Gasoline stations (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (19%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in St. James township:
- United States or American (26.0%)
- Irish (17.1%)
- English (13.3%)
- German (9.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
- Italian (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Iran (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,749 (76%)
- Carpooled: 380 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Other means: 52 (2%)
- Worked at home: 73 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (1%)
56 people in nursing homes
10 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
99.5% of residents of St. James township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,565- In family households: 4,775 (1,155 male householders, 432 female householders)
1,123 spouses, 1,616 children (1,535 natural, 19 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 153 grandchildren, 53 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 65 other relatives, 143 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 790 (283 male householders (239 living alone)), 406 female householders (384 living alone)), 101 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 66 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 687 2-persons, 421 3-persons, 305 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 623 1-person, 52 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
807 married couples with children.
409 single-parent households (63 men, 346 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 0.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |