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Birch Tree, Missouri (view source)
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The city lies in open, rolling country that is part of the Ozark Plateau, with the Jacks Fork of the Current River a short distance to the north. It has a total land area of 1.38 square miles, and an average elevation of 991 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city lies in open, rolling country that is part of the Ozark Plateau, with the Jacks Fork of the Current River a short distance to the north. It has a total land area of 1.38 square miles, and an average elevation of 991 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Birch Tree had a total of 679 inhabitants, grouped into 298 households, with a population density of 492.0 people per square mile. This figure represented a moderate increase from the 2000 census, when Birch Tree had a population of 634. 92.78% of the inhabitants were White, 0.29% were African-American, 0.88% were Native American, 0.74% were Asian, 3.09% were from some other race, and 2.21% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 6.92% of the population.
The median age in Birch Tree was 38.9 years, with 24.9% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 9.1% between 18 and 24 years old, 23.6% between 25 and 44, 25.1% between 45 and 64, and 17.4% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 48.3% male, 51.7% female.<ref>http://www.usboundary.com/Areas/County/Missouri/Shannon%20County/121570</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Birch Tree had a median household income of $14,350, and a mean family income of $37,698. The unemployment rate was 20.6%. The per capita income was $12,046. About 60.3% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 81.6% of people under the age of 18 and 37.7% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2905734&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
==Education==
Birch Tree is included within the Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District. Only one of its facilities is located in the community, Birch Tree Elementary School, serving grades PK through 5.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/mountain-view/mountain-view_birch-tree-r_iii-school-district/schools/</ref>
==Notable People==
Despite its small size, two recent governors of Missouri (both [[Democrats]]): [[Mel Carnahan]], governor from 1993 until his death in 2000; and [[Bob Holden]], governor from 2001 to 2005.
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