People QuickFacts Boone County Missouri Population, 2012 estimate 168,535 6,021,988 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 162,642 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.6% 0.6% Population, 2010 162,642 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.7% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 9.4% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.5% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 83.6% 84.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 9.4% 11.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.9% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.7% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.2% 3.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 80.9% 80.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 72.0% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.1% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.1% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.4% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 45.9% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 10,515 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 18.4 23.3  Housing units, 2011 69,961 2,723,415 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 57.6% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 29.2% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $156,600 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 63,790 2,354,104 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.36 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,970 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $47,123 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.2% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Boone County Missouri Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 4,376 147,274 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 66,808 2,298,295 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -0.2% 0.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 10,525 390,169  Total number of firms, 2007 14,676 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.3% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.4% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.6% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 610,359 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,012,263 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $19,777 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 315,136 11,070,634 Building permits, 2012 1,226 12,297     Geography QuickFacts Boone County Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 685.41 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 237.3 87.1 FIPS Code 019 29 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Columbia, MO Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts