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People QuickFacts | Howard County | Missouri
Population, 2012 estimate | 10,169 | 6,021,988
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 10,148 | 5,988,924
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.2% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 10,144 | 5,988,927
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.8% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 21.5% | 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.1% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.7% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 92.0% | 83.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 5.4% | 11.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.8% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.3% | 3.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 91.0% | 80.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.0% | 83.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.4% | 3.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 1.8% | 6.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.3% | 86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 23.8% | 25.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 898 | 503,720
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.1 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 4,587 | 2,723,415
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.4% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.5% | 19.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $97,300 | $138,900
Households, 2007-2011 | 3,794 | 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 | $23,479 | $25,371
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $46,991 | $47,202
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.1% | 14.3%
Business QuickFacts | Howard County | Missouri
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 192 | 147,274
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 1,870 | 2,298,295
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.5% | 0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 700 | 395,523
Total number of firms, 2007 | 946 | 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 | 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) | 19,306 | 81,032,913
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 88,059 | 76,575,216
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,968 | $12,957
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,435 | 11,070,634
Building permits, 2012 | 2 | 12,297
Geography QuickFacts | Howard County | Missouri
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 463.85 | 68,741.52
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 21.9 | 87.1
FIPS Code | 89 | 29
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Columbia, MO Metro 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