Southwest City, Missouri

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Southwest City is a city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States. The population was 855 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Southwest City is located at 36°30′59″N, 94°36′43″W (36.516386, -94.611917)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.7 km² (1.4 mi²). 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.41%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 855 people, 311 households, and 213 families residing in the town. The population density was 237.5/km² (613.6/mi²). There were 340 housing units at an average density of 94.4/km² (244.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 71.81% White, 0.12% African American, 7.13% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 15.91% from other races, and 4.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37.31% of the population.

There were 311 households out of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the town the population was spread out with 33.8% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $22,721, and the median income for a family was $24,808. Males had a median income of $19,688 versus $19,107 for females. The per capita income for the town was $9,526. About 29.8% of families and 40.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 51.9% of those under age 18 and 33.9% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Trivia

Southwest City is near the only corner of Missouri not bordered by a river. All the other corners of Missouri are bordered by the Mississippi or Missouri Rivers.