Callao, Missouri
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Callao is a city in Macon County
Macon County, Missouri
Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 15,566. Its county seat is Macon. The county was organized in 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina politician...

, Missouri
Missouri
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, United States
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. The population was 292 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, Callao has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2010, there were 292 people, 117 households, and 78 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 580.0 people per square mile (224.7/km²). There were 152 housing units at an average density of 303.0 per square mile (117.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.31% White, 0.34% Native American, and 0.34% from two or more races.

There were 117 households out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,659, and the median income for a family was $32,813. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $15,125 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $12,573. About 18.7% of families and 26.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 65.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 9.6% of those sixty five or over.

External links

  • Historic maps of Callao in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri
    University of Missouri
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