People QuickFacts	St. Joseph	Missouri
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	77,185	6,010,688
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	76,803	5,988,927
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.5%	0.4%
 	Population, 2010    	76,780	5,988,927
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.1%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.6%	23.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.8%	14.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.2%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	87.8%	82.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	6.0%	11.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.7%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.7%	3.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	84.7%	81.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	76.0%	83.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	2.8%	3.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	5.3%	5.9%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	85.6%	86.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	19.5%	25.0%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	16.4	23.2 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	65.3%	70.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	20.3%	19.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$100,700	$137,700
 	Households, 2006-2010    	29,394	2,349,955
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.43	2.45
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$21,002	$24,724
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$40,430	$46,262
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	16.4%	14.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	St. Joseph	Missouri
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	6,351	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    	1.8%	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    	24.1%	26.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	110,907,604
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,001,789	81,032,913
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,419,083	76,575,216
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$18,646	$12,957
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	151,667	11,070,634

   	Geography QuickFacts	St. Joseph	Missouri
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	43.99	68,741.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,745.3	87.1
 	FIPS Code    	64550	29
 	Counties    	Buchanan 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