The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-12

JEFFERSON CITY, Nov. 9.-(Cor- /
respondence.) )-"Missouri is officially
credited with containing S29.O43 sepa-
rate homes. dwelling places and
habitatlons to house a population Of
3,404,055 persons. The average of
persons to each such place Of abode is
Al"
The State BuI eau OF Labor Statistics
through Commissioner william II.
Lewis made the above announcement
today as the result of research work
into recent Fourteenth Decennial Fed
eral census returns for Missouri. Fur
ther information relating to the same
subject prepared for publicity by
Supervisor Of Statistics A. T. Edmon-
ston follows:
Nearly S3 per cent OF the total
dwelling places. or 272,69s, are in st.
Louis and Kansas City with the other
556,347 in st. Joseph, jefferson City,
Moberly, Hannibal and in the smaller
cities and out In rural Missouri st.
Louis to accommodate a population
Of 772.S97 men. women and children,
Is credited with having 19O,649 homes,
or one place OF habitation for each
2.4S persons. Kansas City, with 49,
O56 dwelling places, has an average
of 2.53 persons to each. In consider
ing the compilation sight must not be
lost of the fact that each apartment,
flat or division of a tenement house is
officially classed as place Of abode.
Kansas City Leads for Owned Homes
For st. Louis 1862 per cent of the
total dwelling places are rented by
the week. month or year and for
Kansas City 52.4 per cent. a fact
which indicates that more homes are
owned in the latter city. making due
allowances for the difference in popu-
lation, than in the larger metropolis
on the Mississippi just below the Mis-
souri, river.
''For St. Louis 143, ,106 out of 100, $40
dwelling places are rented by the oc-
cupants, and 44,7OO, or 23.44 per cent.
are owned. leaving ASA with the ma
ture OF the tenure unknown.
Out OF the 44.7OO homes in St. Louis
which are owned by the occupants
24,2O2 are free from encumbrances
and 1865 carrying a mortgage or
Lett 81,
classed as unknown when It comes
to definite information along this
line.
For Kansas City out Of s2,O56
domiclles, 52,4o7 are rented by the
occupants and 27.S29 owned. leaving
1.72O with the tenure unknown. OF
the 27s79 owned homes 1O,O69 are
fully paid for and 1871 encumbered.
leaving 493 for which information OF
this character Is missing.
Owned Homes, the State. 1921
"Of the s29,O4 homes in the state.
40S, ,06s, or a little over 49.3 per cent,
on the day the information covers.
were either rented. leased or other
wise subjected to a tenure similar in
nature.
Homes reported as being fully or
partly owned by the heads OF the fam
flies which occupied them, numbered
401. .667. or nearly 40 per cent. The
tenure OF the remaining 1s.3Os homes
could not be ascertained at the time
the enumeration was made and there
fore are now on record under the cap
ton Of tenure unknown
"Of the 4O1, ,667 homes in the state
in 1920 reported as being owned by
one OF the occupants only 22s,12s, or
81 per cent, were entirely free OF en-
cumbrances. with s.714 recorded as
unknown when It came to this prop
osition.
"A total of 15S,s24 homes reported
as being owned by occupants were
either carrying a mortgage, were not
fully paid for. or were otherwise load
ed with some financial obligation"