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Alba is a city in Jasper County,
Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
, United States. The population was 544 at the 2020 census.


History

Alba was
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ted in 1882. The first postmaster of the settlement gave the community his last name. A post office called Alba has been in operation since 1860.


Geography

Alba is located is located between the Spring River and the
North Fork Spring River The North Fork Spring River is a stream in Lawrence, Dade, Barton and Jasper counties of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary to the Spring River. The headwaters are located in northwest Lawrence County at and the confluence with the Spring ...
approximately seven miles northwest of
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is one mile to the west on
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and Neck City is two miles to the northwest.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 50 According to the
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, the city has a total area of , all land.


Demographics

Alba is part of the
Joplin, Missouri Joplin is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, Jasper and Newton County, Missouri, Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bulk of the city is in Jasper County, while the southern portion is in Newton County. J ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area.


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 555 people, 227 households, and 167 families living in the city. The
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was . There were 251 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.4%
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, 0.7%
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, 1.8% Native American, and 3.1% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 2.3% of the population. There were 227 households, of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were
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living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 26.4% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.84. The median age in the city was 36.1 years. 25.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.9% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.


2000 census

As of the
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of 2000, there were 588 people, 184 households, and 142 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 202 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.39%
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, 0.68%
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, 3.23% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.34% of the population. There were 184 households, out of which 45.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were
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living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.23. In the city the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 15.5% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,333, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $23,625 versus $16,364 for females. The
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for the city was $11,588. About 9.5% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the
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, including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 19.4% of those age 65 or over.


Education

It is in the
Webb City R-VII School District The School District of Webb City R-7 (or Webb City R-7 School District) is a school district headquartered in Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA. The Webb City R-7 School District was ranked 3rd nationally in its class in 2010. The schoo ...
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is the district's comprehensive high school.


Notable people

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Ken Boyer Kenton Lloyd Boyer (May 20, 1931 – September 7, 1982) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman, coach and manager who played with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers for 15 seaso ...
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Clete Boyer Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer (February 9, 1937 – June 4, 2007) was an American professional baseball third baseman — who occasionally played shortstop and second base — in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–57) ...
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Cloyd Boyer Cloyd Victor Boyer Jr. (September 1, 1927 – September 20, 2021) was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1949 and 1955 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1949–52) and the K ...


References

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