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

Cole County is 5th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Cole County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Income per capita

Cole County is 7th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Income per household

Cole County is 7th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Cole County is 9th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Cole County is 11th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Cole County is 13th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Cole County is 13th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Cole County is 13th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Cole County is 14th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Cole County	Rank	Missouri	US
Current population (2012)	76,363	16th	6,021,988	313,914,040
Size in square miles	393.8	112th	68,741.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	193	11th	87.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cole County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	50th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	64th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.1%	105th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cole County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.5%	15th	86.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.9%	5th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cole County	Rank	Missouri	US
Race - White	85.0%	107th	83.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	11.5%	9th	11.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	68th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	17th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	43rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	22nd	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	27th	3.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.8%	103rd	80.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cole County	Rank	Missouri	US
Female residents	49.6%	93rd	51.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.9%	20th	3.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cole County	Rank	Missouri	US
Housing units	32,432	16th	2,723,415	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.6%	7th	19.6%	25.9%
Households	29,356	15th	2,354,104	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.2%	100th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$139,300	15th	$138,900	$186,200
People per household	2.4	68th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	177	16th	12,297	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cole County	Rank	Missouri	US
Income per capita	$26,626	6th	$25,371	$27,915
Income per household	$55,580	7th	$47,202	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.7%	101st	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cole County	Rank	Missouri	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,209	13th	147,274	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	32,793	13th	2,298,295	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,119	17th	501,064	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,203,694	14th	$76,575,216	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,357	13th	$12,957	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$127,555	15th	$11,070,634	$613,795,732