Atchison County, Missouri Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Atchison County is 10th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Atchison County is 17th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Atchison County is 18th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Income per capita

Atchison County is 19th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Atchison County is 20th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Atchison County is 20th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Atchison County	Rank	Missouri	US
Current population (2012)	5,517	108th	6,021,988	313,914,040
Size in square miles	547.3	67th	68,741.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	10.4	109th	87.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Atchison County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	98th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.7%	106th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.8%	10th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Atchison County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.2%	20th	86.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.7%	19th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Atchison County	Rank	Missouri	US
Race - White	97.4%	21st	83.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	54th	11.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	95th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	108th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	24th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	103rd	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	104th	3.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.5%	17th	80.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Atchison County	Rank	Missouri	US
Female residents	50.4%	65th	51.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.1%	114th	3.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Atchison County	Rank	Missouri	US
Housing units	2,962	109th	2,723,415	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.4%	33rd	19.6%	25.9%
Households	2,447	108th	2,354,104	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.2%	73rd	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$71,200	103rd	$138,900	$186,200
People per household	2.2	109th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	91st	12,297	829,658

Income Demographics
	Atchison County	Rank	Missouri	US
Income per capita	$23,976	18th	$25,371	$27,915
Income per household	$44,330	31st	$47,202	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.1%	99th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Atchison County	Rank	Missouri	US
Non-farm private establishments	211	87th	147,274	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,314	95th	2,298,295	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	845	85th	501,064	27,092,908
Retail sales	$86,619	85th	$76,575,216	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,207	20th	$12,957	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,510	85th	$11,070,634	$613,795,732