Lamar Heights, Missouri facts for kids
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Lamar Heights, Missouri
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Location of Lamar Heights, Missouri
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| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Barton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.80 sq mi (2.08 km2) |
| • Land | 0.78 sq mi (2.03 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 955 ft (291 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 170 |
| • Density | 217.11/sq mi (83.80/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 29-40430 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2395618 |
Lamar Heights is a small city located in Barton County, Missouri, in the United States. It is a quiet place where people live and work. In 2020, a count of everyone living there, called a census, showed that 170 people called Lamar Heights home.
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Exploring Lamar Heights' Location and Size
This section tells us about where Lamar Heights is and how big it is.
Lamar Heights is a small city. The United States Census Bureau collects information about places. They found that the city covers a total area of about 0.80 square miles (2.08 square kilometers). Most of this area is land, about 0.78 square miles (2.03 square kilometers). A very small part, about 0.02 square miles (0.05 square kilometers), is water.
Understanding the People of Lamar Heights
This part of the article shares facts about the people who live in Lamar Heights. This is called demographics.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1960 | 113 | — | |
| 1970 | 96 | −15.0% | |
| 1980 | 171 | 78.1% | |
| 1990 | 176 | 2.9% | |
| 2000 | 216 | 22.7% | |
| 2010 | 178 | −17.6% | |
| 2020 | 170 | −4.5% | |
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How Many People Live Here? (2010 Census)
The census helps us learn about the population. In 2010, there were 178 people living in Lamar Heights. These people lived in 79 different homes, called households. About 47 of these households were families.
The city had about 228 people for every square mile of land. There were also 90 housing units, which are places where people can live.
Most people in Lamar Heights were White, making up about 98.9% of the population. A small number, 1.1%, were from two or more racial backgrounds. Also, 1.1% of the people were Hispanic or Latino.
Families and Age Groups
Let's look at the households in 2010:
- About 29% of homes had children under 18 living there.
- More than half, about 52%, were married couples living together.
- A small number of homes had a female head of household (2.5%) or a male head of household (5.1%) without a spouse.
- About 40.5% of households were not families, meaning individuals or unrelated people living together.
- Nearly 38% of all households were made up of just one person.
- About 12.7% of homes had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.
On average, each household had about 2.25 people. Families, on average, had about 2.98 people.
The median age in the city was 45 years old. This means half the people were younger than 45 and half were older.
- About 23% of residents were under 18 years old.
- About 4.5% were between 18 and 24 years old.
- About 22.5% were between 25 and 44 years old.
- About 34.3% were between 45 and 64 years old.
- About 15.7% were 65 years old or older.
When it came to gender, about 47.8% of the people in Lamar Heights were male, and 52.2% were female.
See also
In Spanish: Lamar Heights (Misuri) para niños
