Ewing, Missouri
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Ewing is a city in Lewis County, Missouri
Missouri
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, United States
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. The population was 464 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Quincy
Quincy, Illinois
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, IL
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–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area
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. Ewing is part of the Lewis County C-1 School district. Students attend the nearby Highland Elementary and Highland Junior-Senior High School.

Geography

Ewing is located at 40°0′25"N 91°42′57"W (40.006815, -91.715972).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 464 people, 197 households, and 130 families residing in the city. The population density
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 was 737.1 people per square mile (284.4/km²). There were 220 housing units at an average density of 349.5 per square mile (134.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.14% White, 0.22% Native American, 0.22% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races
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, and 0.22% from two or more races.

There were 197 households out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $39,167. Males had a median income of $26,071 versus $23,906 for females. The per capita income
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 for the city was $14,115. About 8.6% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.9% of those under age 18 and 18.7% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

  • James Earl Ray
    James Earl Ray
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    , boyhood home after moving here from Bowling Green, Missouri
    Bowling Green, Missouri
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     at the age of 7. He moved to his birth home of Alton, Illinois
    Alton, Illinois
    Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois...

    at the age of 16.
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