East Prairie, Missouri

Mississippi County

29-21052

East Prairie is a city in Mississippi County in the southeast of the U.S. state of Missouri with 3,227 inhabitants.

Geography

East Prairie is located at 36 ° 46 ' 46 " north latitude and 89 ° 23' 5 " west longitude

The city has an area of 3.3 km ², which invariably includes land.

Demography

In the census of 2000 a population of 3,227 was determined. These distributed to 1,333 households in 906 families. The population density was 973.4 / km ². There were 1,418 buildings, which corresponds to a density of 427.7 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 95.79 % White, 2.26 % African American, 0.65 % Native Americans, 0.06 % Asian, and 0.28% other. 0.96 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.77 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

26.9 % were under 18, 10.1 % from 18 to 24, 26.6 % 25-44, 22.0% from 45 to 64 and 14.5 % 65 and older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females were statistically 84.3 men in the over 18 -year-olds 78.5.

The median income of $ 19,825, the average family income at $ 24,063. Men's income averaged $ 24,494, and for women about $ 16,284. The per capita income was $ 10,912. Around 25.6 % of families and 30.1 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.