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

Jackson County is 1st in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Jackson County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Current population (2012)

Jackson County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Households

Jackson County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Housing units

Jackson County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Jackson County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Jackson County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Jackson County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales

Jackson County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Jackson County is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Missouri	US
Current population (2012)	677,377	2nd	6,021,988	313,914,040
Size in square miles	604.5	53rd	68,741.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,115.3	3rd	87.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	8th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	34th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.0%	106th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.3%	22nd	86.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.1%	9th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Missouri	US
Race - White	70.5%	113th	83.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	24.1%	4th	11.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	44th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.7%	12th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.8%	5th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	5th	3.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.2%	114th	80.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Missouri	US
Female residents	51.7%	10th	51.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.8%	7th	3.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Missouri	US
Housing units	311,377	2nd	2,723,415	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.7%	6th	19.6%	25.9%
Households	270,493	2nd	2,354,104	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.4%	107th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$130,300	19th	$138,900	$186,200
People per household	2.4	69th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,929	1st	12,297	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Missouri	US
Income per capita	$25,605	10th	$25,371	$27,915
Income per household	$46,874	25th	$47,202	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.5%	64th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Missouri	US
Non-farm private establishments	16,752	2nd	147,274	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	314,471	2nd	2,298,295	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	54,793	2nd	501,064	27,092,908
Retail sales	$8,460,776	2nd	$76,575,216	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,347	31st	$12,957	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,505,780	2nd	$11,070,634	$613,795,732