Ozark, Missouri
Ozark, Missouri Location of Ozark, Missouri Location of Ozark, Missouri Ozark, incorporated in 1890, is a town/city in Christian County, Missouri, United States.
(Enumeration Bureau Estimate) It is the governmental center of county of Christian County. Ozark is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Area, and is centered along a company loop of U.S.
Ozark was titled from the Ozarks, in which it is situated. The Ozark Courthouse Square Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Ozark is positioned at 37 1 38 N 93 12 34 W (37.027111, 93.209572). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.15 square miles (28.88 km2), of which, 11.10 square miles (28.75 km2) is territory and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water. The populace density was 1,605.4 inhabitants per square mile (619.8/km2).
There were 7,311 housing units at an average density of 658.6 per square mile (254.3/km2).
There were 6,603 homeholds of which 43.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 29.0% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.14.
The median age in the town/city was 30.9 years.
30.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.6% were from 25 to 44; 19.1% were from 45 to 64; and 10.1% were 65 years of age or older.
The populace density was 1,280.8 citizens per square mile (494.3/km ).
There were 3,853 housing units at an average density of 510.6 per square mile (197.0/km ).
There were 3,635 homeholds out of which 40.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.5% were non-families.
23.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.9% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 34.5% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,210, and the median income for a family was $40,069.
About 10.4% of families and 11.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
Ozark is home to Simclar Interconnect Technologies, a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) Simclar Group factory, providing backplane fabrication for telecommunications and data communications customers. In 2007, Simclar moved 115 jobs to Ozark from Springfield, flourishing by a "tax incentive under which the business donated $1 million to a small-town not-for-profit corporation, which in turn will buy buildings, machinery and equipment and lease them back to Simclar." In 2011, B&B Theatres assembled a cinema between Ozark and Nixa along Route 14. The Belltower Chapel, originally the Ozark Christian Church, was assembled in 1912 and is positioned off of the Historic Courthouse Square in Ozark; since its 21st-century renovation it serves as a venue for weddings and other affairs.
Ozark is part of Missouri's 7th congressional district.
The State Historical Society of Missouri.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Historic maps of Ozark in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Christian County, Missouri, United States
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Populated places established in 1890 - Cities in Christian County, Missouri - County seats in Missouri - Cities in Missouri - Springfield, Missouri urbane region - 1890 establishments in Missouri
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