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Phelps County, MO

44,843 Population
671.8 square miles 66.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,335 ±$1,196 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $36,754 ±$192
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$53,242 ±$2,323 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $65,920 ±$361
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

17.7% ±2.2% (7,357  ±908) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.8% 766,582 (±0.2% / ±11,744)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

20.3 minutes ±1.9 (356,415  ±35,667) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

17,730 ±361 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,458,324 ±6,327
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (41,669  ±55) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,987,423
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4.2% ±1.5% (402  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 76,551 (±0.2% / ±2,101)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

20,194 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,795,030 ±544
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$174,100 ±$9,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $199,400 ±$949
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

18.4% ±1.9% (8,172  ±,858.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 13.6% 827,230 (±0.2% / ±11,018.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

91.8% ±3.9% (25,758  ±1,120.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.3% 3,834,146 (±0.4% / ±14,766.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
31.6% ±2.4% (8,858  ±,662.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 31.2% 1,309,838 (±0.2% / ±8,787.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

4.3% (1,904  ±265) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 258,202
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

9% ±0.9% (3,178  ±316) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.6% 361,097 (±0.1% / ±4,608)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
3,178 Total veterans ±316 2,964 Male ±303 214 Female ±97

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