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Mexico, MO Urban Area

11,748 Population
6.7 square miles 1,750.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,373 ±$2,550 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,681 ±$4,798 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±4.1% (2,399  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±1.7 (93,940  ±11,130) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,603 ±232 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (11,420  ±336) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.3% ±3.9% (325  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,146 ±201 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$135,400 ±$13,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±3.8% (1,706  ±444.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±7.1% (7,171  ±644.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.6% ±2.8% (1,343  ±233.2) 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

2% ±1% (231  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±1.9% (807  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
807 Total veterans ±174 722 Male ±164 85 Female ±65

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