Prairie Home, Missouri

Coordinates: 38°48′49″N 92°35′26″W / 38.81361°N 92.59056°W / 38.81361; -92.59056
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"Prairie Home" redirects here. For the town in Nebraska, see Prairie Home, Nebraska.

Prairie Home, Missouri
FIPS code
29-59726[3]
GNIS feature ID2396267[2]

Prairie Home is a

2010 census
.

History

The town of Prairie Home was laid out in 1874 around the Prairie Home Institute, a school that had been built some time earlier.[4] Prairie Home is a descriptive name, referring to its scenic setting on the prairie.[5]

Geography

Prairie Home is located along

EE. The community is 1.5 miles west of the Cooper-Moniteau county line and approximately 13 miles southeast of Boonville. The Prairie Home Conservation Area is two miles south along Schaaf Creek.[6][7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.39 square miles (1.01 km2), all land.[8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
188043—
1900196—
1910184−6.1%
19201924.3%
1930151−21.4%
194025166.2%
1950208−17.1%
19602132.4%
19702318.5%
198027920.8%
1990215−22.9%
20002202.3%
201028027.3%
2020262−6.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

2010 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.7% of the population.

There were 121 households, of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.4% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.8% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.78.

The median age in the city was 42.7 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.4% were from 25 to 44; 19.7% were from 45 to 64; and 25.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.

2000 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 1.36% of the population.

There were 104 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. 40.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 25.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the city the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 24.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,375, and the median income for a family was $37,250. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $19,375 for females. The

poverty line
, including 3.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 16.7% of those 65 or over.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prairie Home, Missouri
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ISBN 9780826210210
    .
  5. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 281.
  6. ISBN 0899332242
  7. ^ Prairie Home, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1952 (1986 rev.)
  8. ^ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  9. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  10. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 8, 2012.

External links

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