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Mercer County, MO

3,482 Population
453.8 square miles 7.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,204 ±$2,329 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,679 ±$14,517 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±5.4% (461  ±185) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.6 minutes ±1.3 (28,470  ±3,225) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,302 ±85 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (3,414  ±5) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12% ±6.8% (81  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,902 ±20 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$104,900 ±$15,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±3.4% (387  ±116.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±6.6% (2,147  ±159.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±3.5% (429  ±83.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half 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

3.6% (125  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2% (223  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
223 Total veterans ±53 211 Male ±52 12 Female ±13

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