Jackson County Facts

Census Statistics

	Jackson County	Missouri
Population, 2003 estimate	659,723	5,704,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.7%	1.9%
Population, 2000	654,880	5,595,211
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	3.4%	9.3%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.0%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.8%	25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.5%	13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.8%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	70.1%	84.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	23.3%	11.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.2%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	0.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.3%	1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.4%	2.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	67.7%	83.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	52.0%	53.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.3%	2.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.6%	5.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	83.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	23.4%	21.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	120,542	973,637
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.6	23.8?
Housing units, 2002	295,560	2,503,187
Homeownership rate, 2000	62.9%	70.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	27.3%	20.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$85,000	$89,900?
Households, 2000	266,294	2,194,594
Persons per household, 2000	2.42	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$39,277	$37,934
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,788	$19,936
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.9%	11.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	17,659	144,071
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	374,329	2,404,489
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.5%	0.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	33,548	311,786
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	8,984,696	93,115,478
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	7,239,055	51,269,881
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,066	$9,482
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	11.1%	6.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.0%	25.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	5,530	28,255
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	5,325,665	42,346,515
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	605	68,886
Persons per square mile, 2000	1,082.7	81.2
Metropolitan Area	Kansas City, MO-KS M	?
FIPS Code	095	29

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