These Are The 10 Trashiest Cities In Missouri

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Do you know anyone whom you’d refer to as Trashy? Most likely. Either there’s someone at your job, in your neighborhood, or in your family that you’d throw that label on.

Essentially, Trashy is everywhere.

While calling someone Trashy might be a mean-spirited way of ridiculing or poking fun at a particular demographic, it can also serve as a way to express disdain about the way someone lives their life. It isn’t as derogatory as using other racial slurs, and in fact, the term has a bit of humor associated with it, making it the focus of pop culture.

Take for instance Jerry Springer, Honey Boo Boo, Kid Rock, Eminem, Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite and even Cousin Eddie in National Lampoon movies.

According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, trashy is defined as:

“A term used broadly to define a person or group of persons whom embody the concepts of ignorance, racism, violence, alcoholism, poverty, and anglo-saxon ancestry. Similarly used with the term ‘cracker,’ ‘hillbilly’ or ‘redneck’.”

So, using some data crunching, we should be able to measure where the most Trashy communities in the state of Missouri are actually located.

After pouring over data, watching too many fist fights and perusing illiterate Facebook comments, we’ve determined these are the most Trashy cities in Missouri:

Time to take some meth and stay up all night with us as we go through the cities one by one. And before you say we’re some kind of reverse racist, you can also check out the most Ghetto city in Missouri.

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How we determined the most trashy cities in Missouri?

Using publicly available government data, as well as Google Maps, we were able to collect the data on the following trashy metrics:

Cities where there are lots of white people
Cities where residents are poorer than average
Cities where a high number of residents are high school dropouts
Cities with a high number of single parents
High drug use
Higher than average Payday Loan Outlets
Violent cities (measured in aggravated assaults)
Cities with a high number of residents on welfare

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We used the government Census for most of the data. For drug use and violence, we used FBI data, and for Cash Advance Outlets, we used Google Maps.

Simple, right?

We limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 5,000 people.

Then, we ranked each place from 1 to 111 for each of the trashy criteria.

Next, then averaged all the ranks to create a “trashy index”.

In the end, Nevada ended up being the the most trashy city in the Show Me State.

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1. Nevada

Population: 8,454

% White: 94.24%
% Single Moms: 16.4%

Toss back a Budweiser, and suck down another Camel, Nevada, cause you’re the whitest trash of all in Missouri.

Many of the folks in Nevada smell of cheap cigarettes, and if you grew up in Nevada, there’s a decent chance you made a cameo in the movie: Poor Trashy.

Nevada ranks in the top 10% for several categories, including the number of residents on welfare, the most amount of high school dropouts, as well as a high number of payday loans per capita.

2. Warrenton

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Population: 8,025

% White: 95.7%
% Single Moms: 16.59%

Warrenton comes in at a cool second. This number doesn’t reflect the high number of mullets (is it a mullet, a perm, or merm Warrenton?), shag haircuts, bangs teased out like it’s 1990, and the number of people who wear pajamas to Walmart.

Warrenton’s population is as close to 100% white as you can possibly get. If you live here, and you are white, you’re most likely making wind chimes out of beer cans.

Warrenton was in the top 5 for poor, uneducated white residents, and ranks high for check cashing outlets. At least the large number of cash advance companies is creating jobs in Warrenton.

3. Kennett

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Population: 10,678
% White: 84.02%
% Single Moms: 11.26%

Kennett is located smack at the 84 and 412 intersections in the middle of nowhere Missouri. When it comes to defining proper trashy etiquette in this town, always remember the cardinal rule: You need to be careful what you say in Kennett because someone might come over and pop the wheels on your house. Or was it, you mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park? So confusing. That’s what happens when you try livin’ the Kennett way: 24 beer cans, 24 hours in a day. Genius.

Kennett ranks in the top 5 for three separate trashy metrics, including a number of aggravated assaults, and for poor, white single mothers on welfare. T

4. Sedalia

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Population: 21,457

% White: 87.94%
% Single Moms: 11.83%

Chances are, if you and your kids have moved in with someone after just two dates, than you might be from Sedalia.

The city ranks high for aggravated assaults (meaning drunken fist fights). And in pure trashy form, when it comes to fightin’ over that week’s favorite meth slut, you better believe it will be handled bare knuckle style in your trailer’s front yard.

This small city is a long drive from route 70 in the middle of nowhere (like most places on the list). And, according to online forums, Sedalia has a major drug problem.

5. Lebanon

Population: 14,637
% White: 94.16%
% Single Moms: 10.81%

Splitting the distance between Springfield and Rolla is Lebanon.

Lebanon ranks in the top 5 for three separate trashy metrics, including number of aggravated assaults and for poor, white single mothers on welfare.

If you live here, there’s a good chance you’re makin’ meth. Meth-related arrests are on the rise in this ‘little piece of heaven’. Huffin’ ain’t easy people. You’re a true gem, Lebanon.

6. Clinton

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Population: 9,012
% White: 95.27%
% Single Moms: 10.7%

Welcome to Clinton, MO, where the official vehicle is a rusted out 1987 Chevy Blazer. At least they have a community college here (SFCC-Clinton), where folks can take a few classes before dropping out to take care of their kid(s).

Statistically, Clinton ranks in the top 20 in a few categories, including number of dollar stores per capita, as well as number of poor, uneducated residents. Clinton residents who want to move up in the world make the trek to the big city of Kansas City to become assistant managers at a Walmart.

This city ranks highly for single white moms and for the number of thefts per capita. Nothing says trashy more than someone taking a lawnmower to buy some meth–unless you get a DUI while driving that mower.

#YouAlmostFeltTheWindInYourMullet.

7. Caruthersville

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Population: 6,026
% White: 62.48%
% Single Moms: 15.88%

Caruthersville, where a large number of people live on disability, or work at one of the 20 or so Dollar Stores in the area. Just because you shop at the local dollar stores does not make you ‘country chic,’ Caruthersville, it makes you trashy.

And a lot of your trash must be getting into fist fights at your local dollar store when it’s 50% off day, because you are 3rd for aggravated assaults.

That’s right, in Caruthersville they fight over the lawn mower; they fight over what beer is better (Busch or Natural Light); they fight over who has more teeth; and of course, they fight over where the best meth is made. They just have a real chip on their shoulders.

8. West Plains

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Population: 12,230
% White: 93.64%
% Single Moms: 11.79%

This Howell County city near Arkansas cracks the top 10 for most Trashy cities in Missouri. When you look at the data, it isn’t hard to see why. About 1 in 5 residents is a single parent on welfare.

If you’re a dead-beat dad named Rick who snorts Tylenol (because he can’t afford adderall), and you moved to Little Rock with your sister’s best friend, you might be from West Plains.

9. De Soto

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Population: 6,469
% White: 93.94%
% Single Moms: 14.93%

Nothin’ says trashy like a good ‘ol ass whoopin at a Walmart. You just might see that in De Soto every now and then.

In fact, De Soto was home to the infamous trashy Walmart fight between the woman in the jammies and the other woman in the jammies. Maybe they should fight at their local dollar store so they won’t feel like they have to dress up.

Obviously De Soto is home to the high class trashy. It‘s a lifestyle, here: They have the most tattoo shops per capita. Way to keep the tramp stamp alive.

Hey De Soto, stay classy and keep it trashyy. Otherwise we won’t have anything to write about.

10. Aurora

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Population: 7,473
% White: 94.15%
% Single Moms: 6.44%

Rounding out the list of the ten most trashy cities in Missouri brings us to Aurora. This is where the high class trashy live. You think you’re ‘all that’ now that you have a Walmart to wear your pajamas to.

Aurora has a high number of single white moms with more than one kid. More babies = more $$.

Aurora, when are you going to stop smoking cigs with kids in your car? It’s not only hurting the environment, you have one of the highest dropout rates in the state.

There You Have It

According to the official dictionary definition of Trashy, and based on stereotypes that the internet says are true, using science to determine the most Trashy cities in a state can’t be too far off.

If you’re analyzing cities in Missouri with lots of angry welfare recipients, single mothers and where people have lots of options for payday cash loans, this is an accurate list.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least trashy places in Missouri:

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Detailed List Of The Most Trashy Cities In Missouri

Rank	City	Population	% White	% Single Mom	% Poor
1	Nevada	8,454	94.24%	16.4%	26.47%
2	Warrenton	8,025	95.7%	16.59%	23.07%
3	Kennett	10,678	84.02%	11.26%	28.38%
4	Sedalia	21,457	87.94%	11.83%	23.19%
5	Lebanon	14,637	94.16%	10.81%	23.71%
6	Clinton	9,012	95.27%	10.7%	21.48%
7	Caruthersville	6,026	62.48%	15.88%	30.9%
8	West Plains	12,230	93.64%	11.79%	25.49%
9	De Soto	6,469	93.94%	14.93%	23.15%
10	Aurora	7,473	94.15%	6.44%	16.13%
11	Richmond	5,654	93.47%	10.53%	22.13%
12	Carthage	14,278	90.27%	11.29%	25.83%
13	Poplar Bluff	17,195	85.02%	9.3%	24.82%
14	Hannibal	17,717	87.65%	12.62%	19.6%
15	Branson	11,084	90.1%	9.98%	23.5%
16	Sullivan	6,998	95.68%	8.77%	18.56%
17	Bolivar	10,507	94.55%	8.0%	22.74%
18	Springfield	163,763	89.11%	7.77%	27.32%
19	Sikeston	16,436	69.83%	12.01%	19.56%
20	Dexter	7,920	97.08%	10.03%	22.51%
21	Fulton	12,812	83.27%	13.45%	21.41%
22	Marshfield	6,860	91.82%	11.23%	15.53%
23	St. Joseph	77,037	87.53%	10.56%	18.55%
24	Rolla	19,910	85.04%	10.29%	27.72%
25	Neosho	12,102	89.24%	9.16%	20.91%
26	Troy	11,175	95.52%	11.33%	11.83%
27	Joplin	51,042	87.94%	8.48%	17.15%
28	Pacific	6,305	90.18%	13.61%	19.38%
29	Perryville	8,333	96.2%	11.0%	10.74%
30	Cape Girardeau	38,959	80.25%	8.36%	27.69%
31	Chillicothe	9,025	93.42%	8.88%	18.33%
32	Pevely	5,596	93.58%	12.44%	20.26%
33	Park Hills	8,695	97.08%	8.45%	29.9%
34	Farmington	17,570	90.03%	6.75%	14.67%
35	Trenton	6,042	94.24%	8.54%	25.94%
36	Ozark	18,608	96.12%	9.95%	12.31%
37	Overland	16,011	75.49%	10.46%	17.88%
38	Independence	117,192	83.28%	9.23%	16.78%
39	Union	10,644	97.71%	4.09%	10.09%
40	Moberly	13,879	86.05%	9.62%	24.94%
41	Mexico	11,588	88.01%	10.78%	18.32%
42	Harrisonville	10,003	96.0%	9.4%	16.02%
43	Bowling Green	5,465	78.88%	13.81%	19.23%
44	Excelsior Springs	11,512	87.67%	10.0%	18.21%
45	Republic	15,594	97.53%	11.03%	11.4%
46	Arnold	21,123	98.09%	7.89%	8.87%
47	Marshall	13,048	79.94%	14.07%	17.2%
48	St. John	6,491	64.44%	13.68%	9.08%
49	Belton	23,209	89.1%	11.45%	12.69%
50	Kirksville	17,574	91.69%	5.86%	43.65%
51	Boonville	8,350	82.95%	10.45%	16.68%
52	Maplewood	7,960	77.46%	5.59%	20.0%
53	Macon	5,468	90.31%	6.85%	17.38%
54	Bridgeton	11,699	70.97%	7.9%	15.74%
55	Monett	8,957	83.36%	6.36%	22.15%
56	Webb City	11,035	92.89%	8.58%	15.79%
57	Cameron	10,167	80.85%	10.13%	19.93%
58	Festus	11,839	91.74%	7.27%	9.17%
59	Odessa	5,222	98.95%	9.19%	12.71%
60	Jefferson City	43,186	75.49%	11.46%	15.2%
61	Raytown	29,486	65.12%	11.15%	12.18%
62	Warrensburg	19,739	83.62%	7.13%	31.23%
63	Washington	13,993	91.82%	7.08%	11.37%
64	St. Ann	12,973	66.71%	9.76%	16.78%
65	Maryville	11,997	92.25%	7.65%	42.33%
66	Columbia	115,391	78.67%	6.25%	28.87%
67	Gladstone	26,309	89.51%	8.61%	13.24%
68	Grain Valley	13,134	91.42%	11.45%	10.38%
69	Oak Grove	7,839	95.93%	10.85%	6.33%
70	Jackson	14,439	94.96%	7.46%	9.38%
71	Carl Junction	7,577	96.98%	15.12%	9.96%
72	Bonne Terre	7,064	70.6%	14.12%	15.66%
73	Nixa	20,177	92.64%	10.97%	12.38%
74	Florissant	52,356	63.27%	12.34%	7.52%
75	Pleasant Hill	8,216	94.39%	9.53%	13.03%
76	Liberty	30,035	91.4%	7.12%	9.99%
77	St. Charles	67,479	85.99%	8.17%	9.66%
78	Willard	5,429	91.88%	10.53%	7.88%
79	Blue Springs	53,364	86.25%	9.49%	9.06%
80	Savannah	5,092	98.1%	4.5%	12.26%
81	Sunset Hills	8,533	95.52%	4.91%	4.99%
82	Kearney	9,039	93.3%	11.55%	4.4%
83	Eureka	10,450	92.62%	7.81%	6.25%
84	Des Peres	8,480	95.28%	2.31%	2.75%
85	Richmond Heights	8,510	79.72%	1.47%	8.75%
86	Brentwood	8,052	88.87%	1.87%	6.92%
87	Wentzville	32,827	91.16%	8.4%	5.71%
88	St. Peters	55,135	91.74%	4.55%	3.58%
89	Parkville	5,946	91.14%	6.42%	13.9%
90	Crestwood	11,961	91.15%	5.55%	4.26%
91	Maryland Heights	27,401	68.95%	6.3%	7.78%
92	Battlefield	5,844	89.12%	4.83%	5.08%
93	Greenwood	5,400	93.02%	6.15%	6.79%
94	Ellisville	9,181	94.23%	4.62%	4.56%
95	Smithville	8,911	92.62%	7.28%	5.06%
96	Lee’S Summit	93,618	83.73%	7.96%	5.59%
97	Shrewsbury	6,208	88.82%	4.3%	11.54%
98	O’Fallon	83,053	89.07%	7.59%	4.46%
99	Lake St. Louis	14,933	90.82%	4.9%	4.76%
100	Waynesville	5,250	79.89%	4.48%	13.49%