Editing Hale, Missouri

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| subdivision_name2        = [[Carroll County, Missouri|Carroll]]
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| population_total         = 375
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| postal_code              = 64643
| area_code                = [[Area code 660|660]]
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'''Hale''' is a city in [[Carroll County, Missouri|Carroll County]], [[Missouri]], United States. The population was 375 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2929908|access-date=2021-12-23|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Hale was [[plat]]ted in 1833.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n39 271]}}</ref> The community was named after John P. Hale, a state legislator.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_carroll.html| title=Carroll County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=10 September 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070725/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_carroll.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.55|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-07-08}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 530
|1900= 665
|1910= 587
|1920= 690
|1930= 574
|1940= 562
|1950= 452
|1960= 504
|1970= 461
|1980= 529
|1990= 480
|2000= 473
|2010= 419
|2020= 375
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $24,625, and the median income for a family was $45,250. Males had a median income of $33,214 versus $23,036 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,790. About 9.5% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]].

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 419 people, 176 households, and 112 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 698 people per square mile). There were 209 housing units at an average density of 348 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 97.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 2.4% from two or more races. [[American Indian (U.S. Census)|American Indian]] or [[Alaskan Native (U.S. Census)|Alaskan Native]] of any race were .5% of the population.

There were 176 households, of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.5% were male householders with no wife present, 10.2% were female householders with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 34.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 19 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years.

==References==
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==External links==
* Historic maps of Hale in the [http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138813 Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] at the [[University of Missouri]]

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