Ruth C township, Stone County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Ruth C township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
37% of Ruth C township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 954
- Northeast: 84
- Midwest: 980
- South: 465
- West: 319
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,262
- One, attached: 74
- Two: 27
- 5 to 9: 45
- 10 to 19: 102
- Mobile homes: 432
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,300
Housing units in Ruth C township with a mortgage: 462 (12 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 301
- Construction (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ruth C township:
- German (26.1%)
- United States or American (18.9%)
- English (13.8%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- United Kingdom (19%)
- South Africa (15%)
- Lebanon (11%)
- El Salvador (9%)
- Ethiopia (6%)
- Jamaica (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 809 (65%)
- Carpooled: 259 (21%)
- Walked: 51 (4%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 116 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.3% of residents of Ruth C township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,856- In family households: 2,502 (775 male householders, 141 female householders)
841 spouses, 647 children (609 natural, 14 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 20 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 354 (135 male householders (108 living alone)), 151 female householders (128 living alone)), 68 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 606 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 236 1-person, 41 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
360 married couples with children.
112 single-parent households (25 men, 87 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 10.0% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |