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Fishing River township, Ray County, MO

5,678 Population
54.6 square miles 104.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ray County: 41.9 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,851 ±$3,904 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ray County: $38,510 ±$3,274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,774 ±$6,878 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ray County: $74,573 ±$5,326
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±3.9% (670  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Ray County: 12.6% † 2,877 (±2.3% / ±524)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.2 minutes ±2.7 (78,500  ±12,811) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ray County: 34.3 328,180 (±2.6 / ±29,603)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,003 ±186 Number of households
  • Ray County: 9,116 ±171
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (5,678  ±466) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ray County: 2.5 22,917 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±1.8% (32  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Ray County: 5.2% † 243 (±1.8% / ±82)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,065 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Ray County: 9,931 ±43
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$217,500 ±$14,328 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ray County: $198,800 ±$13,993
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.7% ±2.1% (324  ±119.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Ray County: 10.5% † 2,417 (±1.9% / ±424.6)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±5% (3,416  ±355.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ray County: 89.7% 14,520 (±3.9% / ±634.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.8% ±3% (452  ±121.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ray County: 16.2% † 2,625 (±1.9% / ±303)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.6% ±1.5% (147  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Ray County: 1.4% 326
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±2% (306  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ray County: 8.2% † 1,463 (±1.3% / ±225)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
306 Total veterans ±87 254 Male ±80 52 Female ±43

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