People QuickFacts	Carthage	Missouri
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	14,502	6,008,984
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	14,378	5,988,924
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.9%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	14,378	5,988,927
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	9.8%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	28.8%	23.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.9%	14.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.1%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	73.6%	82.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.5%	11.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.4%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	25.6%	3.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	68.9%	81.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.1%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	18.4%	3.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	30.3%	6.1%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	66.0%	86.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.9%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	871	503,720
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	13.4	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	5,753	2,712,729
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	54.4%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	23.3%	19.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$83,700	$138,900
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,709	2,354,104
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.92	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$14,792	$25,371
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$30,269	$47,202
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	32.8%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Carthage	Missouri
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,053	501,064
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	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    	8.8%	1.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	26.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,218,449	110,907,604
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	81,032,913
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	241,565	76,575,216
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$17,711	$12,957
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	22,942	11,070,634

   	Geography QuickFacts	Carthage	Missouri
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	11.65	68,741.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,234.2	87.1
 	FIPS Code    	11656	29
 	Counties    	Jasper County
 	

(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