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People QuickFacts | Benton County | Missouri
Population, 2013 estimate | 18,932 | 6,044,171
Population, 2012 estimate | 18,964 | 6,024,522
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 19,056 | 5,988,923
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.7% | 0.9%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.5% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 19,056 | 5,988,927
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.1% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 17.4% | 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 27.2% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 49.9% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 97.1% | 83.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 11.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.3% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.6% | 3.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 95.7% | 80.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 89.8% | 83.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.7% | 3.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 2.3% | 6.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 83.6% | 87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 11.5% | 25.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,352 | 494,876
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 30.3 | 23.2
Housing units, 2012 | 14,073 | 2,719,951
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 84.8% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.0% | 19.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $104,300 | $138,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 8,085 | 2,358,270
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.32 | 2.46
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $20,049 | $25,546
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $33,349 | $47,333
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 18.6% | 15.0%
Business QuickFacts | Benton County | Missouri
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 380 | 147,274
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 2,177 | 2,298,295
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -3.1% | 0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,411 | 395,523
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,565 | 501,064
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 4.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 26.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 110,907,604
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 18,445 | 81,032,913
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 174,325 | 76,575,216
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,379 | $12,957
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 13,167 | 11,070,634
Building permits, 2012 | 5 | 12,297
Geography QuickFacts | Benton County | Missouri
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 704.06 | 68,741.52
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 27.1 | 87.1
FIPS Code | 15 | 29
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts