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Jackson County, MO

727,362 Population
604.5 square miles 1,203.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,645 ±$1,140 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,625 ±$2,419 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.5% ±1.7% (103,973  ±12,097) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24 minutes ±0.5 (7,681,300  ±265,915) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 24 64,725,120 (±0.3 / ±854,277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

312,709 ±3,241 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (717,566  ±128) 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

4.8% ±1.2% (8,637  ±2,080) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

341,216 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$252,400 ±$5,901 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.8% ±1.1% (84,997  ±8,069.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.2% ±2.3% (455,586  ±11,339) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.8% ±1.4% (178,836  ±6,872.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • a little less 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

7.6% (54,951  ±6,691) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±0.5% (34,268  ±2,653) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
34,268 Total veterans ±2,653 31,731 Male ±2,462 2,537 Female ±934

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