Lewis township, New Madrid County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 30.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,023 (17% urban, 83% rural)
| Males: 947 |  (46.8%) |
| Females: 1,076 |  (53.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,023 (1,293 owner occupied, 730 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 36% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Lewis township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 55.9%
- Black: 42.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 34.8
Median age of females: 37.6
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Average household size: 2.52
| Lewis township: | 2.5 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.12
| Lewis township: | $35,454 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $331 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $73,309 (it was $44,000 in 2000)
| : | $73,309 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 66 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 30.8% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 14.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Lilbourn, Howardville, North Lilbourn.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Mounds Cemetery (1), Baines Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
63% of Lewis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1562
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 109
- South: 402
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 628
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 2
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 176
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,900
Housing units in Lewis township with a mortgage: 230 (6 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 177
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lewis township:
- United States or American (18.7%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- German (5.2%)
- English (5.0%)
- African (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- British (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 594 (82%)
- Carpooled: 70 (10%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (4%)
- Other means: 19 (3%)
- Worked at home: 14 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
98.6% of residents of Lewis township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (10% speak English very well, 71% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,110- In family households: 1,813 (335 male householders, 203 female householders)
330 spouses, 720 children (645 natural, 23 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 111 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 32 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 297 (97 male householders (79 living alone)), 170 female householders (160 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 239 1-person, 24 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
257 married couples with children.
270 single-parent households (44 men, 226 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |