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Wayne County Demographics & Ecomomic Profile

  Wayne County Missouri
Population, 2006 estimate 12,997 5,842,713
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 -2.0% 4.4%
Population, 2000 13,259 5,595,211
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 5.6% 6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 21.2% 24.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 21.0% 13.3^
Female persons, percent, 2006 50.5% 51.1%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 97.5% 85.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.2% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.7% 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.2% 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) Z 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.4% 1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 0.6% 2.8%
White persons not Hispanice, percent 2006 96.9% 82.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 years old and over 62.2% 53.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.3% 2.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 1.7% 5.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 59.7% 81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 6.8% 21.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 3,601 973,637
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 33.3 23.8
Housing units, 2006 7,832 2,623,094
Homeownership rate, 2000 78.2% 70.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 3.0% 20.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $44,700 $89,900
Households, 2000 5,551 2,194,594
Persons per household, 2000 2.36 2.48
Median household income, 2004 $25,432 $40,885
Per capita money income, 1999 $13,434 $19,936
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 21.7% 13.0%
     
Business Facts Wayne County Missouri
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 304 154,306(1)
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 1,645 2,425,403(1)
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 -20.4% 1.1%(1)
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 967 375,352
Total number of firms, 2001 1,173 439,485
Black-owned firms, percent 2002 F 3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent 2002 F 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 24.2% 27.4%
     
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA 92,909,173
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 4,733 95,603,561
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 70,269 61,861,163
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $5,343 $10,891
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 6,041 8,607,025
Building permits, 2006 0 29,172
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 118,092 45,730,137(1)
     
Geography Facts Wayne County Missouri
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 761.03 68,885.93
Persons per square mile, 2000 17.4 81.2
FIPS Code 223 29
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None None
     
(1) Includes data not distributed by county    
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race    
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.  
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Supressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report Last Revised: Friday, 25-Jul-2008 15:41:50 EDT