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Washington County, Missouri (view source)
Revision as of 01:13, October 10, 2020
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As of 2018, the median household income in the county was $39,621, and the median family income was $44,944. Males had a median income of $39,499 versus $29,724 for females. The unemployment rate was 9.0%. The per capita income was $18,915. About 20.1% of the population was below the poverty line, including 24.2% of those under the age of 18 and 10.2% of those 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_0500000US29221&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
As of 2018, the median household income in the county was $39,621, and the median family income was $44,944. Males had a median income of $39,499 versus $29,724 for females. The unemployment rate was 9.0%. The per capita income was $18,915. About 20.1% of the population was below the poverty line, including 24.2% of those under the age of 18 and 10.2% of those 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_0500000US29221&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
'''Missouri French'''
Washington County is notable for having one of the highest concentrations of persons of French descent in the American Midwest. At the 2000 census, 15.6% of residents reported having French ancestry, larger than any other group except those identifying themselves as generically American. Such Franco-Americans are especially numerous in the Mine a Breton area adjacent to Potosi and in the unincorporated Old Mines community farther to the northeast. They are mostly descended from the original French colonists who settled there in the 18th century, often known as the "Missouri French" or the "Paw-Paw French." Though the predominant element in Washington County life through the early 19th century, they had become economically and culturally marginalized by the time of the [[Civil War]], due to the influx of Anglo-Saxon American settlers with more wealth and more connections to the new government.
The Missouri French gradually assimilated into the larger population during the 20th century, and the use of their dialect of the French language (pretty widespread up to that time) dwindled until it is practically extinct today. More recently, however, as in other originally French communities such as Ste. Genevieve, some scholars and artists have sought to revitalize awareness of Missouri French culture.<ref>https://archive.archaeology.org/online/interviews/stroughmatt.html</ref> The Old Mines Area Historical Society (''La Société Historique de la Région de Vieille Mine''), founded in 1977, holds local events to commemorate the past and keep the old language alive.<ref>https://omahs.weebly.com/la-fecircte-de-lrsquoautomne-information.html</ref>
==Communities==
==Communities==