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According to the 2010 American Community Survey, the median household income in New Madrid was $28,542, and the median family income was $38,542. The unemployment rate was 7.0%. The per capita income was $22,129. About 24.3% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 27.7% of people under the age of 18 and 20.5% of people 65 years old or older.<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 New Madrid was $28,542, and the median family income was $38,542. The unemployment rate was 7.0%. The per capita income was $22,129. About 24.3% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 27.7% of people under the age of 18 and 20.5% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Education==
Like most of the northern and central parts of the county, New Madrid is served by the New Madrid County R-I School District, which was formed in 1980 from the consolidation of the New Madrid district and several neighboring ones, including Lilbourn, Matthews, and Parma. The community itself is served by New Madrid Elementary, a PK-5 institution located in the city with an enrollment of about 300 students, and Central Middle (6-8) and High (9-12) Schools, which are on a combined campus just southwest of New Madrid in neighboring [[Howardville, Missouri|Howardville]] and have a total enrollment of about 700.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/new-madrid/schools/</ref>
The school's mascot is the Eagles, and its colors are green and gold. New Madrid County has an accomplished "Quiz Bowl" team and has made achievements in baseball, football, and basketball. On its official website, the school proudly describes itself as a place "...where students still recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag every morning [and] where we still pray in the boardroom."<ref>https://www.nmceaglenation.com/about-us</ref>
==Points of Interest==
The most famous site in New Madrid is the Hunter-Dawson Home State Historic Site, located a short distance north of downtown near the intersection of First Street and Dawson Road. It was built by William Washington Hunter, who moved to the area from [[Virginia]] about 1830 and became a successful businessman, later building the antebellum mansion for his family (the "Dawson" derives from Hunter's son-in-law, William Dawson, who served in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] in the 1880s). It was donated to the state as a historic site in 1967, and stands today as one of Missouri's best-preserved relics of the antebellum South.<ref>https://mostateparks.com/page/54972/general-information</ref>
New Madrid also has several other homes dating to the 19th century, as well as an observation deck overlooking the Mississippi River.<ref>http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/31/Visiting</ref>
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