Cole County Facts

Census Statistics

	Cole County	Missouri
Population, 2003 estimate	72,454	5,704,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.5%	1.9%
Population, 2000	71,397	5,595,211
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	12.3%	9.3%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.5%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.2%	25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.3%	13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	48.6%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	87.1%	84.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	9.9%	11.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.3%	2.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	86.4%	83.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	52.5%	53.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.2%	2.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.6%	5.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	85.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	27.4%	21.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	10,225	973,637
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	17.4	23.8?
Housing units, 2002	30,174	2,503,187
Homeownership rate, 2000	67.8%	70.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	25.3%	20.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$97,200	$89,900?
Households, 2000	27,040	2,194,594
Persons per household, 2000	2.43	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$42,924	$37,934
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,739	$19,936
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.7%	11.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,204	144,071
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	36,958	2,404,489
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.8%	0.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	4,004	311,786
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	D	93,115,478
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	764,052	51,269,881
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,108	$9,482
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.1%	6.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.7%	25.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	581	28,255
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,506,947	42,346,515
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	391	68,886
Persons per square mile, 2000	182.4	81.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	051	29

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