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Evangelical Epicenters

Posted by csmonitor.com staff | 02.28.2008 / 10:45 PM EST

This is quite an election year.  Many commentators have noted that some voters are having trouble finding a presidential candidate that really reflects their views, their concerns.  Are you satisfied that there is a candidate out there you can vote for?
Dante Chinni will be in Nixa, MO.,  very soon, looking for two residents to lead […]

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Evangelical Epicenters

Evangelical Epicenters

Nixa, MO

Briskly growing small and midsize towns with family age populations; middle income with some affluent and poor; low incidence of mainline Protestant and Catholic churchgoers, higher incidence of evangelical adherents, particularly in the South and border states; Mormons in the West; some minority presence, chiefly blacks (in the South) and Latinos (in the West).

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About Christian County, MO

Home of Nixa

"This small city in the Ozarks, just five minutes from Springfield, is not a picture of Norman Rockwell America. For one, it lacks the quintessential main street. And chats among neighbors are more likely to take place at the McDonald's on Highway 160 than at the local coffee shop..."

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Population, income, and education
Population (2006) 70,283
Median household income (per year) $39,809
Median age 43.3
Families in poverty (%)7.1%
High school graduates (%) 85.9%
Bachelors degree (%) 20.9%
Ethnicity (percent listed for all below)
White 96.8%
Black 0.6%
Latino 2.3%
Native American 0.6%
Bi-racial 1.5%
Asian-Pacific 0.5%
Employment (percent listed for all below)
Military 0.3%
Government 11.2%
Agriculture 2.2%
Professional 6.5%
Trade and services 32.4%

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Sharon Whitehill Gray

Sharon Whitehill Gray

Nixa, MO

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Sharon Whitehill Gray is the president/CEO of the Nixa Area Chamber of Commerce and a self-proclaimed cheerleader for the rapidly expanding Nixa area. She is married to Jim, and they have between them five children and nine grandchildren. Ms. Gray is on several committees and boards and served two terms as Nixa's mayor. She is affectionately known around town as Madam X.

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