People QuickFacts	Polk County	Missouri
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	31,017	6,021,988
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	31,137	5,988,924
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.4%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	31,137	5,988,927
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.2%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.3%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.5%	14.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.8%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.5%	84.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.0%	11.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.4%	1.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.1%	3.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	94.6%	80.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.3%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.4%	3.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.4%	6.1%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	82.2%	86.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	17.2%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,810	503,720
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.8	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	13,441	2,723,415
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	71.5%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.9%	19.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$113,500	$138,900
 	Households, 2007-2011    	11,700	2,354,104
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.56	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,905	$25,371
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$38,423	$47,202
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	20.3%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Polk County	Missouri
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	580	147,274
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	6,991	2,298,295
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	2.3%	0.3%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,397	390,169 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,961	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    	S	1.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.9%	26.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	110,907,604
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	43,310	81,032,913
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	275,957	76,575,216
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,140	$12,957
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	23,301	11,070,634
 	Building permits, 2012    	48	12,297

   	Geography QuickFacts	Polk County	Missouri
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	635.52	68,741.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	49.0	87.1
 	FIPS Code    	167	29
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Springfield, 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