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The city lies on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, not far from Pemiscot Bayou. It has a total land area of 0.30 square miles, and an average elevation of 262 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city lies on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, not far from Pemiscot Bayou. It has a total land area of 0.30 square miles, and an average elevation of 262 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Cooter had a total of 469 inhabitants, grouped into 175 households, with a population density of 1,563.3 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant increase from the 2000 census, when Cooter had a population of 440. 97.87% of the inhabitants were White, 1.92% were African-American, and 0.21% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 0.43% of the population.
The median age in Cooter was 35.5 years, with 28.4% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 8.2% between 18 and 24 years old, 28.1% between 25 and 44, 22.9% between 45 and 64, and 12.4% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 48.4% male, 51.6% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, Cooter had a median household income of $40,987, and a median family income of $42,917. The unemployment rate was 2.8%. The per capita income was $17,939. About 13.7% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 14.0% of people under the age of 18 and 33.3% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Education==
Cooter and the surrounding area are served by the Cooter R-IV School District, a K-12 public institution with an enrollment of about 290 students. Its mascot is the Wildcats, and the school colors are red, white, and blue.<ref>http://www.cooter.k12.mo.us/home</ref> Cooter High School was awarded a College Success Award in 2019, due to the high number of graduates who had enrolled in college.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/college-success-award/</ref>
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