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| | The city lies on generally rolling terrain between the somewhat more rugged upper valleys of the Eleven Point River to the southeast and the Jacks Fork of the Current River to the north. It has a total land area of 3.75 square miles, and an average elevation of 1,142 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> | | The city lies on generally rolling terrain between the somewhat more rugged upper valleys of the Eleven Point River to the southeast and the Jacks Fork of the Current River to the north. It has a total land area of 3.75 square miles, and an average elevation of 1,142 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> |
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| | + | ==Demographics== |
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| | + | At the 2010 census, Mountain View had a total of 2,719 inhabitants, grouped into 1,151 households, with a population density of 725.1 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant increase from the 2000 census, when Mountain View had a population of 2,430. 97.57% of the inhabitants were White, 0.07% were African-American, 0.51% were Native American, 0.33% were Asian, 0.04% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.29% were from some other race, and 1.18% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.84% of the population. |
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| | + | The median age in Mountain View was 39 years, with 24.8% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 9.2% between 18 and 24 years old, 22.3% between 25 and 44, 21.5% between 45 and 64, and 22.2% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 45.3% male, 54.7% female.<ref>http://censusviewer.com/city/MO/Mountain%20View</ref> |
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| | + | According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Mountain View had a median household income of $26,974, and a median family income of $40,179. The unemployment rate was 8.1%. The per capita income was $17,180. About 26.8% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 39.0% of people under the age of 18 and 23.5% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2950438&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref> |
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| | + | ==Education== |
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| | + | The Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District serves Mountain View and the surrounding portions of northeastern Howell County, while also extending east into the [[Birch Tree, Missouri|Birch Tree]] district of neighboring [[Shannon County, Missouri|Shannon County]]. Except for one elementary school in Birch Tree, all the school facilities (Mountain View Elementary School, Liberty Middle School, and Liberty Senior High School) are located in Mountain View. The district has a combined total enrollment of about 1,300 students.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/mountain-view/mountain-view_birch-tree-r_iii-school-district/</ref> Its mascot is the Eagles, and the school colors are red, navy, and white.<ref>http://home.liberty.mvbt.k12.mo.us/</ref> |
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