THE HOWELL COUNTY BASELINE: 1996-2006

Population, 2002 estimate 37,280
Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002 42 77,368
Population, 2000 37,238
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 18.4%
Population under 5 years old, 2000 2,500
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, 2000 9,676
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, 2000 6,248
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.8%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.7%

White persons, 2000 (a) 35,902
Black or African American persons, 2000 (a) 114
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 (a) 362
Asian persons, 2000 (a) 134
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 (a) 16
Persons reporting some other race, 2000 (a) 103
Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 607
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 (b) 450
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 96.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.2%

Births, 1997 476 74,037
Deaths, 1997 422 54,322
Infant deaths, 1997 2 564
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 2.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 7,934
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 20.1

Housing units, 2002 16,743 2,
Housing units, net change, April 1 2000 to July 1 2002 403
Housing units, percent change, April 1 2000 to July 1 2002 2.5%
Homeownership rate, 2000 73.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $67,700

Households, 2000 14,762
Persons per household, 2000 2.47
Median household income, 1999 $25,628
Per capita money income, 1999 $13,959
Persons below poverty, 1999 6,809
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 18.7%

Business MapStats Howell County Missouri
Personal income, 2000 ($1000) 686,308
Personal income per capita, 2000 18,430
Full-time and part-time employment by place of work, 2000 22,131
Full-time and part-time employment, net change 1990 to 2000 4,844
Employment in government, 2000 2,520
Earnings, 2000 419,847
Average earnings per job, 2000 $18,971
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 1,004
Private nonfarm establishments, percent change 2000-2001 -1.4%
Total number of firms, 1997 3,468
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 3.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 18.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 485,616
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 351,722
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,894
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 94
Value of new private housing units, 2002 ($1000) 8,162
Farm land, 1997 (acres) 386,796
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 225,758

Land area, 2000 (square miles) 928 68,886
Persons per square mile, 2000 40.1 81.2

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
Figures are in absolute numbers unless otherwise indicated.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau