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People QuickFacts | Vernon County | Missouri
Population, 2012 estimate | 20,748 | 6,021,988
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 21,159 | 5,988,924
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.9% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 21,159 | 5,988,927
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.7% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.7% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 16.6% | 14.2%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.5% | 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 96.4% | 84.0%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 11.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.8% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.5% | 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.7% | 3.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 94.9% | 80.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.2% | 83.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.2% | 3.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.5% | 6.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.6% | 86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.7% | 25.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,756 | 503,720
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 9,530 | 2,723,415
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.0% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.3% | 19.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $83,200 | $138,900
Households, 2007-2011 | 8,137 | 2,354,104
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.46 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,554 | $25,371
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $37,312 | $47,202
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.0% | 14.3%
Business QuickFacts | Vernon County | Missouri
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 514 | 149,903
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 5,712 | 2,292,551
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -2.3 | -4.4
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,395 | 390,169
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,846 | 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 | 1.6% | 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 | 26.5% | 26.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 110,907,604
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 61,170 | 81,032,913
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 200,581 | 76,575,216
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,004 | $12,957
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 18,697 | 11,070,634
Building permits, 2011 | 14 | 9,242
Geography QuickFacts | Vernon County | Missouri
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 826.4 | 68,741.52
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 25.6 | 87.1
FIPS Code | 217 | 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