People QuickFacts	Gladstone	Missouri
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	25,784	6,010,688
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	25,410	5,988,927
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.5%	0.4%
 	Population, 2010    	25,410	5,988,927
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.4%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	21.3%	23.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	17.6%	14.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.1%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	85.8%	82.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	5.2%	11.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.7%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.5%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	7.3%	3.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	82.0%	81.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	81.6%	83.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	4.0%	3.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	6.3%	5.9%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	92.6%	86.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	27.4%	25.0%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	20.5	23.2 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	68.6%	70.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	19.5%	19.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$139,800	$137,700
 	Households, 2006-2010    	10,874	2,349,955
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.32	2.45
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$26,332	$24,724
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$51,191	$46,262
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	9.5%	14.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Gladstone	Missouri
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,198	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    	S	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    	27.6%	26.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	110,907,604
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	19,487	81,032,913
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	436,227	76,575,216
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,492	$12,957
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	33,257	11,070,634

   	Geography QuickFacts	Gladstone	Missouri
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	8.05	68,741.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,155.0	87.1
 	FIPS Code    	27190	29
 	Counties    	Clay 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