Poplar Bluff township, Butler County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Poplar Bluff township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
52% of Poplar Bluff township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17326
- Northeast: 259
- Midwest: 2506
- South: 3373
- West: 785
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $39,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Poplar Bluff township, Missouri:
- 521 people in nursing homes
- 137 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 93 people in halfway houses
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 14 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,358
- One, attached: 231
- Two: 579
- 3 or 4: 670
- 5 to 9: 281
- 10 to 19: 169
- 20 to 49: 131
- 50 or more: 181
- Mobile homes: 866
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,100
Housing units in Poplar Bluff township with a mortgage: 2,772 (162 second mortgage, 145 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,400
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Poplar Bluff township:
- United States or American (27.5%)
- German (13.5%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- English (10.7%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (27%)
- Philippines (14%)
- Germany (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Other South Central Asia (8%)
- Thailand (7%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,656 (81%)
- Carpooled: 1,164 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 35 (0%)
- Taxi: 135 (1%)
- Bicycle: 29 (0%)
- Walked: 193 (2%)
- Other means: 67 (1%)
- Worked at home: 197 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Poplar Bluff township, Missouri:
- 521 people in nursing homes
- 137 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 93 people in halfway houses
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 14 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
96.2% of residents of Poplar Bluff township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 24,047- In family households: 19,860 (4,892 male householders, 1,846 female householders)
5,080 spouses, 6,652 children (6,052 natural, 149 adopted, 451 stepchildren), 435 grandchildren, 129 brothers or sisters, 138 parents, 281 other relatives, 407 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,187 (1,348 male householders (1,132 living alone)), 2,280 female householders (2,069 living alone)), 559 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 826 (641 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,164 2-persons, 1,597 3-persons, 1,232 4-persons, 501 5-persons, 135 6-persons, 109 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,201 1-person, 336 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
3,384 married couples with children.
1,864 single-parent households (297 men, 1,567 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 122
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 76
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 61
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |