People QuickFacts Jefferson City Missouri Population, 2011 estimate 43,332 6,008,984 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 43,081 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.6% 0.3% Population, 2010 43,079 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.5% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.9% 23.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.4% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 48.8% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 78.0% 82.8% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 16.9% 11.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.8% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.2% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.6% 3.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 76.7% 81.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 78.5% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.4% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.1% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.4% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 33.5% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,926 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 14.7 23.3  Housing units, 2010 18,852 2,712,729 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 58.7% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 34.3% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $134,200 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 17,445 2,354,104 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.27 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,494 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $48,545 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.5% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Jefferson City Missouri Total number of firms, 2007 4,394 501,064 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 1.6% 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.5% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 620,785 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,134,400 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $27,861 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 118,935 11,070,634     Geography QuickFacts Jefferson City Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 35.95 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,198.4 87.1 FIPS Code 37000 29 Counties Callaway County Cole 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