4,284
48%
$32,574
16.1%
America/Chicago
64759
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Lamar, MO - History
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Welcome to the Lamar Home page. The Lamar Home page provides as much information as possible on Lamar. Knowing Lamar’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Lamar’s Home page, you will also find Lamar’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Lamar has a population of 4284. 47.5% of Lamar’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.5 are female. 38.6% of Lamar is married and 48% own their own home. The Average Home price is $87,681, and the average rent is $702. Household median income in Lamar is $32,574, and the individual median income is $18,245. Lamar’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.7%), Multiple(2.8%), Hispanic(1.1%), Black(0.5%).
At the 2000 census there were 4,425 people, 1,835 households, and 1,154 families living in the city. The population density was 1,154.5 people per square mile (446.1/km2). There were 1,995 housing units at an average density of 520.5 per square mile (201.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.61% White, 0.18% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 1.79% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.40%.Of the 1,835 households 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 33.3% of households were one person and 18.1% were one person aged 65 or older.
The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.98. The age distribution was 26.6% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.8 males. The median household income was $29,296 and the median family income was $38,007.
Males had a median income of $26,375 versus $20,688 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,684. About 9.7% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.
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