Dexter, Missouri Dexter, Missouri Location of Dexter, Missouri Location of Dexter, Missouri State Missouri Dexter is a town/city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, established in 1873.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. A postal service called Dexter City was established in 1873, and the name was changed to Dexter in 1887. The Dexter Gymnasium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.65 square miles (17.22 km2), of which 6.52 square miles (16.89 km2) is territory and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2) is water. Dexter is 160 miles (260 km) south of St.
Louis. Dexter is 45 miles from Cairo, Illinois, the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
As of the census of 2010, there were 7,864 citizens , 3,359 homeholds, and 2,108 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,206.1 inhabitants per square mile (465.7/km2).
There were 3,666 housing units at an average density of 562.3 per square mile (217.1/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.1% White, 0.5% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% from other competitions, and 1.4% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,359 homeholds of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.2% were non-families.
32.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.83.
The median age in the town/city was 40.5 years.
22.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.4% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,356 citizens , 3,237 homeholds, and 2,019 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,208.0 citizens per square mile (466.4/km ).
There were 3,560 housing units at an average density of 584.6 per square mile (225.7/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.31% White, 0.15% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.50% from other competitions, and 1.40% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,237 homeholds out of which 29.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families.
33.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.83.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $23,116, and the median income for a family was $32,175.
About 14.8% of families and 18.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 23.5% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over.
Dexter City Administration Building, April 2014.
Main article: List of mayors of Dexter, Missouri Vaughn, United States Army Lieutenant General and Director of the Army National Guard United States Enumeration Bureau.
The State Historical Society of Missouri.
The State Historical Society of Missouri.
History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Average weather for Dexter, Missouri".
Historic maps of Dexter in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Stoddard County, Missouri, United States
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