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Jefferson City, MO Urban Area

50,161 Population
34.5 square miles 1,455.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,672 ±$1,547 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,044 ±$4,131 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±1.6% (5,594  ±763) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.8 minutes ±0.8 (371,755  ±22,769) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,978 ±431 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (48,763  ±991) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±1.9% (563  ±233) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,942 ±376 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$217,000 ±$7,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±1.9% (6,273  ±943.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±3.1% (32,951  ±1,214.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.5% ±2.1% (14,277  ±757.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% ±0.7% (2,004  ±343) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±1% (2,906  ±387) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,906 Total veterans ±387 2,676 Male ±373 230 Female ±98

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