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People QuickFacts | Pettis County | Missouri
Population, 2012 estimate | 42,319 | 6,021,988
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 42,201 | 5,988,924
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.3% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 42,201 | 5,988,927
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.1% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.3% | 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.9% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.7% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 93.3% | 83.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 3.3% | 11.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.9% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 7.7% | 3.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 86.4% | 80.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.1% | 83.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.3% | 3.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 11.6% | 6.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.2% | 86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 15.8% | 25.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,827 | 503,720
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.9 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 18,342 | 2,723,415
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.2% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.6% | 19.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $97,700 | $138,900
Households, 2007-2011 | 16,275 | 2,354,104
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.52 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $19,909 | $25,371
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,669 | $47,202
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.4% | 14.3%
Business QuickFacts | Pettis County | Missouri
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,043 | 147,274
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 17,117 | 2,298,295
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.2% | 0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 2,597 | 395,523
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,399 | 501,064
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 21.2% | 26.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,535,848 | 110,907,604
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 169,425 | 81,032,913
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 547,263 | 76,575,216
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,415 | $12,957
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 55,361 | 11,070,634
Building permits, 2012 | 32 | 12,297
Geography QuickFacts | Pettis County | Missouri
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 682.22 | 68,741.52
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 61.9 | 87.1
FIPS Code | 159 | 29
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Sedalia, MO Micro 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