Perry County, Missouri (MO)

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• • 17,68393.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5242.8%Two or more races
  • 4792.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1330.7%Asian alone
  • 1290.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 40.02%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $251,657

Here:	$251,657
State:	$278,068

Townhouses or other attached units: $252,571

Here:	$252,571
State:	$260,773

In 2-unit structures: $145,477

Here:	$145,477
State:	$172,667

Mobile homes: $135,281

Here:	$135,281
State:	$95,912

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 36
• Burglaries: 10
• Thefts: 16
• Auto thefts: 7

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 27
• Burglaries: 10
• Thefts: 16
• Auto thefts: 3

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,294 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,398 (0.7%)

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.

2023 air pollution in Perry County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.046 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Significanly 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: 85.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 241 (23.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 992010 or later
• 722000 to 2009
• 261990 to 1999
• 451980 to 1989
• 191970 to 1979
• 63Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,647
• One, attached: 106
• Two: 269
• 3 or 4: 268
• 5 to 9: 266
• 10 to 19: 97
• 20 to 49: 83
• 50 or more: 8
• Mobile homes: 773

Housing units in Perry County with a mortgage: 3,021 (242 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 237 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72

Religion statistics for Perry County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Perry County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Missouri Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4490, Natural disaster type: Other
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 29, 2019, FEMA Id: 4451, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: March 11, 2019 - April 16, 2019, FEMA Id: 4435, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2017 - May 11, 2017, FEMA Id: 4317, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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
• 16 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.52% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($44,788 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.09% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($26,974 average AGI)
1.43% relocated from other states ($17,814 average AGI)

Perry County:	1.43%
Missouri average:	3.04%

from Cape Girardeau County, MO	0.83% ($45,095 average AGI)
from Ste. Genevieve County, MO	0.58% ($34,091)
from Randolph County, IL	0.34% ($63,077)
from St. Louis County, MO	0.26% ($63,800)

4.78% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($39,589 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.42% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($28,948 average AGI)
1.36% relocated to other states ($10,641 average AGI)

Perry County:	1.36%
Missouri average:	2.88%

to Cape Girardeau County, MO	1.17% ($39,371 average AGI)
to St. Francois County, MO	0.47% ($32,833)
to Randolph County, IL	0.30% ($24,957)
to Ste. Genevieve County, MO	0.30% ($43,870)
to Bollinger County, MO	0.29% ($45,455)

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 2009: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.6

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:

• Male householders: 3,976 (1,033 living alone), Female householders: 3,532 (1,132 living alone)

• 4,095 spouses (4,030 opposite-sex spouses), 459 unmarried partners, (455 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,370 children (4,887 natural, 157 adopted, 323 stepchildren), 372 grandchildren, 121 brothers or sisters, 178 parents, 60 foster children, 141 other relatives, 385 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 330

Size of family households: 2,362 2-persons, 1,197 3-persons, 749 4-persons, 466 5-persons, 118 6-persons, 70 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,164 1-person, 315 2-persons, 64 3-persons.

3,203 married couples with children.
708 single-parent households (169 men, 539 women).

96.7% of residents of Perry speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).

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)

• Year house built in Perry County, Missouri
• 312020 or later
• 7592010 to 2019
• 9872000 to 2009
• 1,2921990 to 1999
• 9851980 to 1989
• 1,2481970 to 1979
• 9601960 to 1969
• 7031950 to 1959
• 4741940 to 1949
• 1,0231939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Perry County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Perry County, Missouri
• 361 room
• 82 rooms
• 1503 rooms
• 5214 rooms
• 1,4025 rooms
• 1,4826 rooms
• 6697 rooms
• 6618 rooms
• 9209+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Perry County, Missouri
• 01 room
• 1212 rooms
• 3293 rooms
• 4484 rooms
• 2965 rooms
• 1826 rooms
• 1927 rooms
• 798 rooms
• 349+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Perry County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Perry County, Missouri
• 46no bedroom
• 861 bedroom
• 9202 bedrooms
• 3,3113 bedrooms
• 1,0974 bedrooms
• 3715+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Perry County, Missouri
• 4no bedroom
• 3521 bedroom
• 6992 bedrooms
• 4693 bedrooms
• 1364 bedrooms
• 125+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Perry County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 131no vehicle
• 1,1641 vehicle
• 2,3082 vehicles
• 1,3653 vehicles
• 6184 vehicles
• 2535+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Perry County in renter-occupied apartments
• 285no vehicle
• 7631 vehicle
• 5482 vehicles
• 613 vehicles
• 114 vehicles
• 125+ vehicles

89.7% of Perry County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Missouri.

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

• This state: 14,745
• Other state: 3,881
• Northeast: 182
• Midwest: 2,046
• South: 1,095
• West: 552

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)"