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Jefferson township, Cole County, MO

55,073 Population
76.2 square miles 722.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cole County: 39.9 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,647 ±$1,575 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cole County: $39,068 ±$1,175
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,824 ±$4,369 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cole County: $74,876 ±$3,475
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.5% ±1.4% (5,639  ±759) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cole County: 9.1% † 6,602 (±1% / ±759)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.2 minutes ±0.8 (416,155  ±25,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cole County: 17.9 617,630 (±0.7 / ±29,287)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,969 ±428 Number of households
  • Cole County: 31,086 ±329
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (53,675  ±845) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cole County: 2.4 72,960 (±0 / ±65)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±1.9% (623  ±245) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cole County: 5.2% † 875 (±1.5% / ±250)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,925 ±333 Number of housing units
  • Cole County: 33,533 ±49
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$219,000 ±$8,204 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cole County: $229,600 ±$6,798
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±1.8% (6,555  ±967) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cole County: 10.9% † 8,260 (±1.3% / ±1,014.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±3.1% (36,263  ±1,310.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cole County: 94.2% 50,130 (±2.7% / ±1,414.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.2% ±2.2% (15,952  ±864.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cole County: 38.9% 20,702 (±1.7% / ±901.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.7% ±0.6% (2,053  ±323) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cole County: 2.9% 2,210
  • 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

7.4% ±0.9% (3,200  ±400) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Cole County: 7.7% 4,585 (±0.7% / ±397)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,200 Total veterans ±400 2,973 Male ±384 227 Female ±98

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