People QuickFacts Jackson County Missouri Population, 2012 estimate 677,377 6,021,988 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 674,158 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.5% 0.6% Population, 2010 674,158 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.1% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.4% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.6% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.6% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 70.6% 84.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 24.1% 11.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.7% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.7% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 8.4% 3.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 63.4% 80.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.4% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.8% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.8% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.3% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.1% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 51,057 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.9 23.3  Housing units, 2011 311,377 2,723,415 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 62.4% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 25.7% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $130,300 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 270,493 2,354,104 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.44 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,605 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $46,874 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.5% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Jackson County Missouri Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 16,800 149,903 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 317,355 2,292,551 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -15.6 -4.4 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 41,553 390,169  Total number of firms, 2007 54,793 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.1% 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.9% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.9% 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.6% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 8,939,022 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,179,928 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,460,776 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,347 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,505,780 11,070,634 Building permits, 2011 1,060 9,242     Geography QuickFacts Jackson County Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 604.46 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,115.3 87.1 FIPS Code 095 29 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Kansas City, MO-KS 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