Tarkio township, Atchison County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Tarkio township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
60% of Tarkio township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1294
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 646
- South: 77
- West: 80
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Tarkio township, Missouri:
- 163 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 52 people in nursing homes
- 22 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 754
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 68
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 24
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,600
Housing units in Tarkio township with a mortgage: 224 (10 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 299
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tarkio township:
- German (31.0%)
- Irish (17.8%)
- United States or American (17.7%)
- English (10.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 707 (79%)
- Carpooled: 109 (12%)
- Walked: 46 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 32 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
People in group quarters in Tarkio township, Missouri:
- 163 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 52 people in nursing homes
- 22 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.2% of residents of Tarkio township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,901- In family households: 1,543 (442 male householders, 103 female householders)
398 spouses, 509 children (456 natural, 9 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 12 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 358 (117 male householders (97 living alone)), 200 female householders (190 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 250 (231 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 298 2-persons, 107 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 287 1-person, 24 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
324 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (38 men, 83 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |