Lamar township, Barton County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Lamar township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
48% of Lamar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1249
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 204
- South: 87
- West: 88
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
People in group quarters in Lamar township, Missouri:
- 24 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 4 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 473
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 13
- Mobile homes: 132
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,200
Housing units in Lamar township with a mortgage: 133 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lamar township:
- United States or American (36.9%)
- German (25.7%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- English (8.8%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
- Norwegian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (60%)
- United Kingdom (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 705 (82%)
- Carpooled: 84 (10%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 55 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (7%)
- Solar energy (1%)
People in group quarters in Lamar township, Missouri:
- 24 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 4 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
98.6% of residents of Lamar township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,609- In family households: 1,492 (399 male householders, 56 female householders)
418 spouses, 576 children (450 natural, 12 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 117 (61 male householders (58 living alone)), 49 female householders (48 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 36 (32 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 188 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 106 1-person, 1 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
337 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (19 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 21.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |