People QuickFacts Jefferson City Missouri Population, 2011 estimate 43,332 6,010,688 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 43,081 5,988,927 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.6% 0.4% 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, 2006-2010 76.7% 83.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 4.0% 3.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 6.0% 5.9% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 88.0% 86.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 32.9% 25.0% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 14.8 23.2  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 59.7% 70.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 33.2% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $134,500 $137,700 Households, 2006-2010 16,606 2,349,955 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.23 2.45 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $25,228 $24,724 Median household income 2006-2010 $47,336 $46,262 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 12.4% 14.0%     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