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| − | '''Anniston''' is a city in central [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 232 at the 2010 census. | + | '''Anniston''' is a town in central [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 232 at the 2010 census. |
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| | Anniston is located on Missouri State Highway 75 in central Mississippi County, about eight miles south of [[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]] and four miles northeast of [[East Prairie, Missouri|East Prairie]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°49’28”N, 89°19’35”W. | | Anniston is located on Missouri State Highway 75 in central Mississippi County, about eight miles south of [[Charleston, Missouri|Charleston]] and four miles northeast of [[East Prairie, Missouri|East Prairie]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°49’28”N, 89°19’35”W. |
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| − | The city lies on the flat bottomland of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total land area of 0.39 square miles, and an average elevation of 312 feet.<ref>https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2017_Gazetteer/2017_gaz_place_29.txt</ref> | + | The town lies on the flat bottomland of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total land area of 0.39 square miles, and an average elevation of 312 feet.<ref>https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2017_Gazetteer/2017_gaz_place_29.txt</ref> |
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| | + | ==Demographics== |
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| | + | At the 2010 census, Anniston had a total of 232 inhabitants, grouped into 94 households, with a population density of 594.9 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant decrease from the 2000 census, when Anniston had a population of 285. 97.41% of the inhabitants were White, 2.16% were African-American, and 0.43% were from two or more races. |
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| | + | The median age in Anniston was 43.4 years, with 22.4% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 6.0% between 18 and 24 years old, 23.7% between 25 and 44, 25.0% between 45 and 64, and 22.8% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 49.1% male, 50.9% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref> |
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| | + | According to the 2010 American Community Survey, the median household income in Anniston was $38,500, and the median family income was $42,768. The unemployment rate was 12.4%. The per capita income was $16,211. About 16.9% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 10.9% of people under the age of 18 and 29.7% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref> |
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| | + | ==Education== |
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| | + | Anniston is served by the Charleston R-I School District, into which its own school was incorporated in 1963. |
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