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According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Rolla had a median household income of $34,934, and a median family income of $53,316. The unemployment rate was 5.4%. The per capita income was $20,753. About 31.1% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 28.9% of people under the age of 18 and 12.7% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2962912&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Rolla had a median household income of $34,934, and a median family income of $53,316. The unemployment rate was 5.4%. The per capita income was $20,753. About 31.1% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 28.9% of people under the age of 18 and 12.7% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2962912&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
==Government==
Rolla is a third-class city with a mayor-council form of government. The city council consists of the mayor and two aldermen from each of the city's six wards, each elected for two-year terms (along with the city attorney and the municipal judge; it typically meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. The current mayor of Rolla is Lou Magdits.<ref>https://www.rollacity.org/council.shtml</ref>
In the April 2021 municipal elections, five city council members were voted out of office because they had supported a mask mandate in response to the [[coronavirus]] pandemic.<ref>[https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2021-04-19/rolla-voters-oust-five-city-council-incumbents-over-mask-mandate Rolla Voters Oust Five City Council Incumbents Over Mask Mandate]</ref>
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==References==
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]