Eldon (Missouri)
Miller County
29-21484
Eldon is a town with 4,895 inhabitants according to the census in 2000 in Miller County, Missouri in the United States.
Geographical location
The place is located on U.S. Highway 54, the geographical location of Eldon is 38 ° 21 ' N, 92 ° 35' W38.348055555556 - 92.581666666667. According to the documents of the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.8 km ² ( 3.4 mi ²), water areas are not reported.
Economy
The town has some industries, including the car seat manufacturer Keiper Automotive and Electric Motors Faso.
In the village there are two newspapers on the one hand the " The Eldon Weekly Standard ", which is distributed free every week to all 2194 households, and on the other the " The Eldon Advertiser ," which is obtained from a smaller subscription customers, but also the area devotes around the town.
Demographics
Data obtained from the census in 2000 4.895 inhabitants living in 2,194 households, among which were 1,270 families. The population density thus found to be 559 inhabitants per km ². Has yielded 2,396 housing units. The population of the village is to have 98.1 % of European descent, 0.3 % African descent, to 0.3% of Indian descent, 0.2 % Asian, 0.3 % and 0.8% of other descent ancestors from many areas. The percentage of residents with Latin American or Spanish-speaking parents is 1.2 % of the population.
In 26.5 % of the 2,194 households living children under the age of 18, 41.8 % live in married couples, 12.5 % are single women and 42.1% were non-families. 38.1 % of all households are inhabited by single population and in 20.6% of households were living citizens over 65 years. The average household size was 2.18 persons and the average family size is 2.88 persons / family.
23.2 % of the population is under the age of 18, 8.7 % from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 20.8% between 45 and 64 and 22.7 % 65 years or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females account for 83.1 inhabitants, male in the over 18 -year-old 75.6 inhabitants.
The median household income was $ 27,103, and the median family income $ 34,621. Males had a median income of $ 27,818 compared with $ 17,690 for women. The per capita income for the inhabitants of the village was $ 15,015. 15.8 % of the population and 12.0 % of families are below the poverty line, 22.5 % of the population under the age of 18 and 16.4 % of the inhabitants of which were affected more than 65 years.
Notable Residents
In place of the writer Michael Patrick, of the books We Are a Part of History (1990 ), Orphan Trains to Missouri ( 1970) and The Black West in Story and Song (2006 ) lives wrote.
- Location in Missouri
- Location in North America
- Miller County ( Missouri)