Union township, Putnam County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1394
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 515
- South: 90
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,300
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 Union township, Missouri:
- 44 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 921
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 87
- 5 to 9: 21
- 20 to 49: 27
- Mobile homes: 122
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 155
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 257 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 278
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (19%)
- Food (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- United States or American (26.5%)
- German (21.0%)
- English (14.0%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.6%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (40%)
- Germany (20%)
- Philippines (20%)
- Argentina (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 640 (75%)
- Carpooled: 139 (16%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Union township, Missouri:
- 44 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.0% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,054- In family households: 1,618 (467 male householders, 114 female householders)
477 spouses, 496 children (426 natural, 4 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 8 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 436 (151 male householders (144 living alone)), 254 female householders (229 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (51 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 327 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 373 1-person, 29 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
334 married couples with children.
118 single-parent households (38 men, 80 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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% |