Brashear (Missouri)

Adair County

29-08002

Brashear is a village in the Salt River Township of Adair County in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2000 census it had a population of 280 over an area of 0.9 km ². The population density is 311 per km ².

Demography

Data obtained from the census in 2000 280 inhabitants of Brashear lived in 124 households; among them were 73 families. The population density was 309 per km ². In the resort 124 residential units were recorded. Among the population were 97 % white; 2 ½ % reported belonging to several ethnic groups.

Among the 124 households 31% had children under the age of 18; 48 % were married couples living together. 36 % of households were single-person households. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size 3.00.

The population was spread out with 26% under 18 years, 6% 18-24 years 25 % 25-44 years 26% 45-64 years and 16 % 65 years or older. The median age was 41 years.

The median household income was $ 21,750, the median family income $ 32,500. The per capita income in Brashear was $ 11,763. Under the poverty line lived 27 % of the population.