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Cole County, MO

77,625 Population
391.5 square miles 198.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,008 ±$3,185 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,266 ±$7,057 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.6% ±3.5% (6,336  ±2,562) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.9 minutes ±0.7 (617,630  ±29,287) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,270 ±734 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (73,740  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±1.8% (612  ±302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,786 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$264,800 ±$16,443 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15% ±2.9% (11,547  ±2,230.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95% ±6% (51,670  ±3,313.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.4% ±3.5% (21,426  ±1,932.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.5% (2,750  ±1,204) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.9% ±1.6% (4,834  ±1,011) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,834 Total veterans ±1,011 4,340 Male ±879 494 Female ±364

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