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Mexico, MO Micro Area

24,548 Population
692.2 square miles 35.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,392 ±$1,238 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,448 ±$5,227 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±2.6% (4,154  ±597) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±1.3 (208,270  ±14,808) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,219 ±248 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (23,169  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.8% ±2.3% (558  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,561 ±37 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,100 ±$10,655 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±2% (2,912  ±492) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±4.6% (15,004  ±791.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.8% ±1.9% (2,862  ±323.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

1.4% (342  ±119) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±1.1% (1,505  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,505 Total veterans ±207 1,366 Male ±197 139 Female ±77

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