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Jefferson township, Cole County, MO

54,632 Population
76.2 square miles 716.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cole County: 39.7 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,152 ±$1,632 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cole County: $37,325 ±$1,281
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$69,729 ±$3,208 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cole County: $73,273 ±$3,685
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

10.8% ±1.6% (5,764  ±876) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cole County: 9.3% † 6,769 (±1.3% / ±949)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

16.8 minutes ±1 (436,425  ±29,944) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cole County: 18.4 637,605 (±0.8 / ±32,000)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

23,641 ±412 Number of households
  • Cole County: 30,746 ±383
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.3 ±0.1 (53,193  ±874) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cole County: 2.4 72,528 (±0 / ±73)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.5% ±1.9% (696  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Cole County: 5.8% † 958 (±1.5% / ±245)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

25,709 ±347 Number of housing units
  • Cole County: 33,385 ±93
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$202,700 ±$9,165 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cole County: $214,400 ±$6,913
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

12.3% ±2% (6,638  ±1,060.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cole County: 11.2% † 8,480 (±1.5% / ±1,171.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

95% ±3.5% (35,834  ±1,424.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cole County: 93.6% 49,845 (±2.8% / ±1,526.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
41.3% ±2.4% (15,575  ±920.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cole County: 37.5% 19,952 (±1.8% / ±935.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

3.8% ±0.7% (2,097  ±394) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cole County: 2.9% 2,240
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

8% ±0.9% (3,407  ±395) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Cole County: 8.1% 4,807 (±0.8% / ±472)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
3,407 Total veterans ±395 3,109 Male ±361 298 Female ±112

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