People QuickFacts Pulaski County Missouri Population, 2012 estimate 53,259 6,021,988 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 52,277 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.9% 0.6% Population, 2010 52,274 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.5% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.9% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 7.3% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 44.2% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 79.3% 84.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 12.2% 11.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.8% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 4.2% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 9.4% 3.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 71.8% 80.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 57.2% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.1% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.1% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.0% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 19.3% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,156 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.6 23.3  Housing units, 2011 18,205 2,723,415 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 55.4% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 21.5% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $122,600 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 15,708 2,354,104 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.62 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,168 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $46,919 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 14.1% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Pulaski County Missouri Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 747 147,274 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 8,197 2,298,295 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -4.5% 0.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,901 390,169  Total number of firms, 2007 2,698 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.8% 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 28.0% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 18,216 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 376,475 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $8,479 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 74,338 11,070,634 Building permits, 2012 395 12,297     Geography QuickFacts Pulaski County Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 547.10 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 95.5 87.1 FIPS Code 169 29 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro 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