Boonville township, Cooper County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Boonville township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
48% of Boonville 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, 75% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7534
- Northeast: 123
- Midwest: 1084
- South: 719
- West: 276
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Boonville township, Missouri:
- 1,640 people in state prisons
- 165 people in nursing homes
- 82 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 59 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 29 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,683
- One, attached: 115
- Two: 329
- 3 or 4: 218
- 5 to 9: 90
- 10 to 19: 40
- Mobile homes: 254
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,600
Housing units in Boonville township with a mortgage: 1,108 (55 second mortgage, 116 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 755
- Public administration (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Boonville township:
- German (31.4%)
- United States or American (19.2%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- English (7.7%)
- African (3.1%)
- Italian (1.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (48%)
- Greece (30%)
- Vietnam (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,146 (80%)
- Carpooled: 584 (15%)
- Taxi: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 106 (3%)
- Other means: 19 (0%)
- Worked at home: 66 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Boonville township, Missouri:
- 1,640 people in state prisons
- 165 people in nursing homes
- 82 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 59 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 29 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.7% of residents of Boonville township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,886- In family households: 6,620 (1,761 male householders, 460 female householders)
1,784 spouses, 2,227 children (1,958 natural, 49 adopted, 220 stepchildren), 135 grandchildren, 73 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 47 other relatives, 120 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,266 (416 male householders (340 living alone)), 666 female householders (601 living alone)), 184 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,964 (1,849 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,048 2-persons, 499 3-persons, 421 4-persons, 170 5-persons, 64 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 941 1-person, 111 2-persons, 30 3-persons,
1,368 married couples with children.
512 single-parent households (97 men, 415 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 116
| Here: | 13.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 88
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 163
| Here: | 39.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |