People QuickFacts	Independence	Missouri
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	117,270	6,021,988
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	116,830	5,988,924
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.4%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	116,830	5,988,927
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.8%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.0%	23.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	16.1%	14.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.0%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	85.7%	82.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	5.6%	11.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.2%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	7.7%	3.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	82.2%	81.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.6%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.4%	3.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.4%	6.1%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	86.0%	86.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	18.1%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	10,764	503,720
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.5	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	53,834	2,712,729
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	66.0%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	21.5%	19.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$107,700	$138,900
 	Households, 2007-2011    	47,659	2,354,104
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.41	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,013	$25,371
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,050	$47,202
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.4%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Independence	Missouri
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	7,693	501,064
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	4.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.4%	1.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.2%	1.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.9%	26.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,039,446	110,907,604
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	176,283	81,032,913
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,878,472	76,575,216
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,532	$12,957
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	216,754	11,070,634

   	Geography QuickFacts	Independence	Missouri
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	77.57	68,741.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,506.2	87.1
 	FIPS Code    	35000	29
 	Counties    	Clay County
 Jackson 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