Over the past 150 years, Nixa has become one of the fastest growing cities in Missouri and the second largest city in the state of Missouri. In fact, the population has grown from a small town of 1,200 to 19,022 in the last 35 years. I grew up, graduated, worked, raised a family and lived and worked in this "small town" of 1,200 people that my parents called home. In the last 150 years, it has become the third fastest-growing city, behind St. Louis and Kansas City.

Nixa, with a population of 19,339, recorded only 380 crimes in 2012, giving residents an average 2.5 times the chance of being the victim of a crime. Compare that to the similarly sized Poplar Bluff, where there were a total of 1,721 crimes over the same period. It's clear why it's the fastest growing city in our state and the second largest in Missouri.

The population is evenly distributed: 11.4% are 65 years or older, 41.6% had children under 18, 58.3% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a housekeeper with husband and 4.0% have a male housekeeper without wife. Of these, 27.3% did not live in a family, 26.2% lived with children over 18 years of age, 40% had no children of their own, 25.9% were not in families, 14.8% lived with their parents, 56.1% were married couples living together, 10.7% had no children, 6.25% had no children and 12% had no domestic help with a husband and 5.11% lived in households without children.

Individuals account for about 22.8% of households, 8.9% have someone living alone and 65 years or older and 7.6% have a male housekeeper with a husband or domestic help in their household. Some 20.7% of households are living alone when they are 65 years old - or older. Individuals make up about 21.2%, or 2.3 million people, of the total population.

The racial composition of the city is roughly the same as that of St. Louis County, Missouri, with about 2.3 million residents. The racial affiliation of this city is roughly equal to that of the state as a whole, about 1.5 million and about 4.4 million.

The population has grown from 756 in 1922 to 19,339 in 2014, according to the Nixa Chamber of Commerce. The median income of a household in the city is $37,655, and the median income of a household in St. Louis County, Missouri, is about $44,556 per family. More than one-third of NIXA's population, about 1.5 million people, live below the poverty line, including more than half of the poor, or about 2.3 million. In Nixeda, the number of children under 18 with a family income of less than $25,000 has tripled since the 1970 "s, from about 3,500 to about 5,200.

A new office is being built and a medical satellite clinic opened to cater for NIXA's growing population. There is a new business model for healthcare and there are amenities that are being introduced.

Next time you dream of a day off, make sure you visit Nixa's Domino's Pizza Restaurant on the corner of North Main Street and Main Avenue and see for yourself what it's all about. Find a domino site near NIXA, order some food, and see the largest and most famous pizza factory in the world in the United States. You can also order food from any of their locations in St. Louis, Kansas City or Omaha.

Enjoy delivery of some of your favorite Domino's dishes or try one of the many specialties like the Pacific Veggie, which contains almost every vegetable.

Nixa is committed to providing the best place to live, work and play in the Ozarks, as in the Daily Line "Neighbors who are committed to an exceptional quality of life. The size of the city, while maintaining a home - a sense of the city - is a factor of attraction for the people who live here. If you're looking for a place to do business and family, you'll be convinced that you can't find a better community to call your hometown than NIXa. Nix is a neighbour committed to providing a safe and friendly environment for all types of recycling and waste disposal. In addition to a variety of recycling types, including farm waste, the city also offers interested residents the option of picking up kerbs - side recycling.

Nixa is located at the Ozarks Intersection in southwest Missouri, south of St. Louis, Missouri and east of Kansas City, Kansas. The area is located on the western edge of the Ozark National Forest and the Missouri River, at an intersection of OzARKS in southwest Missouri.

Nixa prides itself on being a community that is a master community - a planned community where comprehensive strategic planning policies and procedures have been proactively adopted to guide and facilitate the quality and growth of the community. So it seems that Nixas, Missouri, has a prize - a school district, a high school with outstanding academic performance, and a program that improves the quality of life for its residents and the community as a whole.