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Jefferson County Facts

Census Statistics

	Jefferson County	Missouri
Population, 2003 estimate	206,786	5,704,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	4.4%	1.9%
Population, 2000	198,099	5,595,211
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	15.6%	9.3%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.2%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.9%	25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.2%	13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.3%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.5%	84.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	11.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.9%	1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.0%	2.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	96.8%	83.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	57.7%	53.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.0%	2.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.9%	5.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	79.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.1%	21.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	32,650	973,637
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	31.1	23.8?
Housing units, 2002	78,978	2,503,187
Homeownership rate, 2000	83.4%	70.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	8.6%	20.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$99,200	$89,900?
Households, 2000	71,499	2,194,594
Persons per household, 2000	2.74	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$46,338	$37,934
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,435	$19,936
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	6.8%	11.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	3,494	144,071
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	37,310	2,404,489
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.6%	0.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	8,881	311,786
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,199,342	93,115,478
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,110,005	51,269,881
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,757	$9,482
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	2.6%	6.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	29.8%	25.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,581	28,255
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	643,199	42,346,515
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	657	68,886
Persons per square mile, 2000	301.6	81.2
Metropolitan Area	St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	?
FIPS Code	099	29

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