People QuickFacts Lafayette County Missouri Population, 2012 estimate 33,080 6,021,988 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 33,381 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.9% 0.6% Population, 2010 33,381 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.0% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.7% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.6% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.6% 84.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.4% 11.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.3% 3.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 92.7% 80.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.4% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.4% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.6% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.4% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 16.4% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,908 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.2 23.3  Housing units, 2011 14,728 2,723,415 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 74.9% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 12.5% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $120,800 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 13,290 2,354,104 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.45 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,584 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $50,000 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.6% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Lafayette County Missouri Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 730 149,903 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 6,254 2,292,551 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -11.8 -4.4 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,180 390,169  Total number of firms, 2007 3,174 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 225,710 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 140,591 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 301,376 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,230 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 25,448 11,070,634 Building permits, 2011 26 9,242     Geography QuickFacts Lafayette County Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 628.43 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 53.1 87.1 FIPS Code 107 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