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

Boone County is 49th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Boone County is 1st in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Race - Asian

Boone County is 1st in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Boone County is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Boone County is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Boone County is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Boone County is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Boone County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Foreign born residents

Boone County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Home median value

Boone County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Race - Two or More

Boone County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	Missouri	US
Current population (2012)	168,535	8th	6,021,988	313,914,040
Size in square miles	685.4	31st	68,741.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	237.3	8th	87.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	60th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.6%	104th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.7%	114th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.4%	3rd	86.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	45.9%	1st	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	Missouri	US
Race - White	83.3%	108th	83.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	9.4%	12th	11.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	67th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.1%	1st	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	31st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	6th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	21st	3.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	80.7%	106th	80.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	Missouri	US
Female residents	51.6%	15th	51.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.1%	6th	3.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	Missouri	US
Housing units	69,961	8th	2,723,415	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.2%	3rd	19.6%	25.9%
Households	63,790	8th	2,354,104	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.6%	112th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$156,600	6th	$138,900	$186,200
People per household	2.4	94th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,226	3rd	12,297	829,658

Income Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	Missouri	US
Income per capita	$25,970	7th	$25,371	$27,915
Income per household	$47,123	22nd	$47,202	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.2%	31st	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	Missouri	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,376	7th	147,274	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	66,808	7th	2,298,295	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,676	8th	501,064	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,012,263	6th	$76,575,216	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,777	3rd	$12,957	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$315,136	9th	$11,070,634	$613,795,732