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The city lies on an elevated plateau that separates the Current River valley to the east from the Big Piney River, a tributary of the [[Missouri River]], to the west. Montauk State Park, at the headwaters of the Current River, is a few miles to the east. Licking has a total area of 2.14 square miles, and an average elevation of 1,263 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city lies on an elevated plateau that separates the Current River valley to the east from the Big Piney River, a tributary of the [[Missouri River]], to the west. Montauk State Park, at the headwaters of the Current River, is a few miles to the east. Licking has a total area of 2.14 square miles, and an average elevation of 1,263 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Licking had a total of 3,124 inhabitants, grouped into 634 households, with a population density of 1,466.7 people per square mile. This figure represented a dramatic increase from the 2000 census, when Licking had a population of 1,471, and is mostly due to the opening of the South Central Correctional Center in 2000. 73.08% of the inhabitants were White, 25.64% were African-American, 0.58% were Native American, 0.19% were Asian, 0.03% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.06% were from some other race, and 0.42% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 2.21% of the population.
The median age in Licking was 35 years, with 12.9% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 16.2% between 18 and 24 years old, 36.8% between 25 and 44, 23.2% between 45 and 64, and 10.8% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 73.3% male, 26.7% female.<ref>http://censusviewer.com/city/MO/Licking</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Licking had a median household income of $27,929, and a median family income of $37,045. The unemployment rate was 13.1%. The per capita income was $11,368. About 26.9% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 33.5% of people under the age of 18 and 13.4% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2942464&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
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