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Fishing River township, Ray County, MO

5,640 Population
54.6 square miles 103.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ray County: 42.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,669 ±$3,885 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ray County: $38,179 ±$3,383
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$86,700 ±$7,027 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ray County: $72,152 ±$5,449
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

10.7% ±4.2% (599  ±241) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ray County: 12% † 2,751 (±2% / ±464)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

31.9 minutes ±6.6 (74,735  ±10,636) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ray County: 32 310,030 (±2.3 / ±27,492)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

2,062 ±191 Number of households
  • Ray County: 9,046 ±187
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.7 ±0 (5,640  ±524) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ray County: 2.5 22,927 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

3.4% ±1.7% (38  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ray County: 5.8% † 269 (±1.8% / ±86)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,168 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Ray County: 9,901 ±35
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$216,600 ±$12,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ray County: $187,400 ±$16,064
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

6.5% ±2.4% (363  ±136.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ray County: 10.2% † 2,350 (±1.8% / ±419.9)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

89.8% ±3% (3,577  ±356.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ray County: 90.2% 14,625 (±4.1% / ±663.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
11.9% ±2.8% (475  ±118.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ray County: 15% † 2,437 (±1.9% / ±310.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% ±1.6% (143  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Ray County: 1.3% 303
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

7.7% ±1.9% (333  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ray County: 8.8% † 1,564 (±1.4% / ±243)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
333 Total veterans ±86 291 Male ±76 42 Female ±37

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