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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>
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>
==Government==
Licking has a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and the four members of the board of aldermen (two representing each of the city's two wards) are all elected for two-year terms. There is also a city administrator, who is appointed rather than elected. The current mayor of Licking is Keith Cantrell, last elected in April 2019.<ref>http://lickingmo.org/government.html</ref>
==Education==
==Education==
The city and most of northern Texas County are served by the Licking R-VIII School District, a PK-12 public institution with a total enrollment of about 850 students.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/licking/licking-r_viii-school-district/</ref> Its mascot is the Wildcats, and the school colors are orange, black, and white.<ref>https://www.licking.k12.mo.us/</ref>
The city and most of northern Texas County are served by the Licking R-VIII School District, a PK-12 public institution with a total enrollment of about 850 students.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/licking/licking-r_viii-school-district/</ref> Its mascot is the Wildcats, and the school colors are orange, black, and white.<ref>https://www.licking.k12.mo.us/</ref>
==Notable People==
* Miyoshi Umeki (1929-2007), Japanese-born actress and singer, first Asian-American woman to win an [[Academy Award]] for acting, lived in Licking in her last years with her son and grandchildren.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/arts/06umeki.html</ref>
==References==
==References==