Maries County Facts

Census Statistics

	Maries County	Missouri
Population, 2003 estimate	8,841	5,704,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-0.7%	1.9%
Population, 2000	8,903	5,595,211
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	11.6%	9.3%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.6%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.0%	25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.6%	13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.7%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.4%	84.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	11.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.2%	2.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	96.7%	83.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.4%	53.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.8%	2.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.0%	5.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	74.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.0%	21.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,844	973,637
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	33.7	23.8?
Housing units, 2002	4,245	2,503,187
Homeownership rate, 2000	81.7%	70.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	5.4%	20.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$64,400	$89,900?
Households, 2000	3,519	2,194,594
Persons per household, 2000	2.51	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$31,925	$37,934
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,662	$19,936
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.1%	11.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	135	144,071
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,066	2,404,489
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.2%	0.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	402	311,786
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	93,115,478
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	31,492	51,269,881
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$3,778	$9,482
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	6.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	41.2%	25.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	X	28,255
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	38,510	42,346,515
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	528	68,886
Persons per square mile, 2000	16.9	81.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	125	29

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