| | People QuickFacts | Linn County | Missouri |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 12,484 | 6,021,988 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 12,761 | 5,988,924 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -2.2% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 12,761 | 5,988,927 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.3% | 6.4% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.1% | 23.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 19.3% | 14.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.9% | 51.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 97.4% | 84.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 11.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 1.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.2% | 1.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.6% | 3.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 96.0% | 80.8% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.9% | 83.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.4% | 3.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 6.1% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.1% | 86.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.2% | 25.4% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,055 | 503,720 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.7 | 23.3 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 6,386 | 2,723,415 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 74.6% | 69.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.3% | 19.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $68,600 | $138,900 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 4,968 | 2,354,104 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.53 | 2.46 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,666 | $25,371 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,211 | $47,202 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.7% | 14.3% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Linn County | Missouri |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 299 | 147,2741 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 3,290 | 2,298,2951 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.6% | 0.3%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 973 | 390,169 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,001 | 501,064 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 4.9% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.6% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 26.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 166,854 | 110,907,604 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 38,879 | 81,032,913 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 117,732 | 76,575,216 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,230 | $12,957 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,272 | 11,070,634 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 1 | 12,297 |