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The city has a total land area of 1.29 square miles, and an average elevation of 305 feet. It lies entirely within the flat lowlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> Like most of Southeast Missouri, East Prairie has a humid subtropical climate; temperatures average about 33°F in January and 80°F in July, with an average precipitation of 47 inches.<ref>http://www.city-data.com/city/East-Prairie-Missouri.html</ref>
The city has a total land area of 1.29 square miles, and an average elevation of 305 feet. It lies entirely within the flat lowlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> Like most of Southeast Missouri, East Prairie has a humid subtropical climate; temperatures average about 33°F in January and 80°F in July, with an average precipitation of 47 inches.<ref>http://www.city-data.com/city/East-Prairie-Missouri.html</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, East Prairie had a total of 3,176 inhabitants, grouped into 1,294 households, with a population density of 2,462.0 people per square mile. This figure represented a slight decrease from the 2000 census, when East Prairie had a population of 3,227. 95.69% of the inhabitants were White, 2.33% were African-American, 0.38% were Native American, 0.06% were Asian, 0.38% were from some other race, and 1.16% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.42% of the population.
The median age in East Prairie was 38.5 years, with 25.4% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 8.5% between 18 and 24 years old, 24.7% between 25 and 44, 24.3% between 45 and 64, and 17.2% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 45.9% male, 54.1% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2010 American Community Survey, the median household income in East Prairie was $29,481, and the median family income was $38,109. The unemployment rate was 8.8%. The per capita income was $13,036. About 24.0% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 17.7% of people under the age of 18 and 20.6% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Education==
East Prairie is served by the East Prairie R-II School District, a K-12 public institution which also includes most of southern Mississippi County. It includes two elementary schools (Doyle and Martin), a junior high, and a high school, with a total enrollment of just over 1,200 students.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/east-prairie/schools/</ref> Its mascot is the Eagles, and its colors are red, black, and white.<ref>https://www.eastprairie.org/</ref>
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