People QuickFacts Platte County Missouri Population, 2012 estimate 92,054 6,021,988 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 89,322 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.1% 0.6% Population, 2010 89,322 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.2% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.2% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.6% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.7% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 88.2% 84.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.3% 11.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.4% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.3% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.1% 3.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 83.8% 80.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.6% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.5% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.8% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 94.1% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 37.7% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 8,063 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.9 23.3  Housing units, 2011 39,641 2,723,415 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 65.9% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 27.9% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $188,400 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 35,686 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 $34,918 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $66,487 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.1% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Platte County Missouri Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 2,207 147,274 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 37,732 2,298,295 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -3.0% 0.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 6,415 390,169  Total number of firms, 2007 8,768 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.4% 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.2% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.4% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,077,389 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,535,450 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,737,430 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $19,821 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 465,596 11,070,634 Building permits, 2012 264 12,297     Geography QuickFacts Platte County Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 420.19 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 212.6 87.1 FIPS Code 165 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