| People
QuickFacts |
Independence |
Missouri |
| Population, 2003 estimate
|
112,079 |
5,704,484 |
| Population, percent
change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
-1.1% |
1.9% |
| Population, 2000
|
113,288 |
5,595,211 |
| Population, percent
change, 1990 to 2000
|
0.8% |
9.3% |
| Persons under 5 years
old, percent, 2000
|
6.6% |
6.6% |
| Persons under 18 years
old, percent, 2000
|
23.9% |
25.5% |
| Persons 65 years old
and over, percent, 2000
|
15.5% |
13.5% |
| Female persons, percent,
2000
|
52.2% |
51.4% |
| White persons, percent,
2000
(a) |
91.9% |
84.9% |
| Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
2.6% |
11.2% |
| American Indian and
Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.6% |
0.5% |
| Asian persons, percent,
2000
(a) |
0.7% |
1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.5% |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting
some other race, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.4% |
0.8% |
| Persons reporting
two or more races, percent, 2000
|
2.3% |
1.5% |
| Persons of Hispanic
or Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
3.7% |
2.1% |
| Living in same house
in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
54.2% |
53.6% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
2.6% |
2.7% |
| Language other than
English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
5.0% |
5.1% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
82.9% |
81.3% |
| Bachelor's degree
or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
15.2% |
21.6% |
| Mean travel time to
work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
24.1 |
23.8 |
| |
| Housing units, 2000
|
50,213 |
2,442,017 |
| Homeownership rate,
2000
|
67.8% |
70.3% |
| Median value of owner-occupied
housing units, 2000
|
$77,000 |
$89,900 |
| |
| Households, 2000
|
47,390 |
2,194,594 |
| Persons per household,
2000
|
2.37 |
2.48 |
| Median household income,
1999
|
$38,012 |
$37,934 |
| Per capita money income,
1999
|
$19,384 |
$19,936 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
8.6% |
11.7% |
| |
|
|
| Business
QuickFacts |
Independence |
Missouri |
| Wholesale trade sales,
1997 ($1000)
|
410,751 |
91,411,852 |
| Retail sales, 1997
($1000)
|
1,278,361 |
51,269,881 |
| Retail sales per capita,
1997
|
$11,028 |
$9,482 |
| Accommodation and foodservices
sales, 1997 ($1000)
|
143,062 |
6,780,812 |
| Total number of firms,
1997
|
7,692 |
411,403 |
| Minority-owned firms,
percent of total, 1997
|
3.1% |
6.5% |
| Women-owned firms,
percent of total, 1997
|
26.5% |
25.2% |
