Boone County, Missouri (MO)

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• • 140,26478.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 15,9568.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,3174.6%Asian alone
  • 7,0543.9%Two or more races
  • 6,3133.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4920.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 3820.2%Some other race alone
  • 1450.08%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $244,799

Here:	$244,799
State:	$215,938

Townhouses or other attached units: $211,912

Here:	$211,912
State:	$197,464

In 2-unit structures: $230,124

Here:	$230,124
State:	$160,378

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $93,777

Here:	$93,777
State:	$162,352

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $112,816

Here:	$112,816
State:	$197,157

Mobile homes: $55,420

Here:	$55,420
State:	$75,368

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 6
• Assaults: 83
• Burglaries: 211
• Thefts: 542
• Auto thefts: 79

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 11
• Assaults: 42
• Burglaries: 166
• Thefts: 516
• Auto thefts: 46

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,883 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,860 (0.9%)

Area name: Columbia, MO MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Boone County is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $565 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $823 a month.

Cities in this county include: Columbia, Centralia, Ashland, Hallsville, Sturgeon, Rocheport, Harrisburg, Hartsburg, Pierpont, Huntsdale.

Neighboring counties: Atchison County, Kansas , Athens County, Ohio , Gilmer County, West Virginia , Harrison County, West Virginia , Howard County , Richland County, Illinois , Saline County, Kansas .

Current college students: 24,827
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 46.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 13,453 (26.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7,1462010 or later
• 2,2822000 to 2009
• 1,7841990 to 1999
• 1,3291980 to 1989
• 7331970 to 1979
• 422Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 90.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 46,094
• One, attached: 2,519
• Two: 7,789
• 3 or 4: 4,866
• 5 to 9: 3,850
• 10 to 19: 3,337
• 20 to 49: 3,853
• 50 or more: 3,283
• Mobile homes: 3,639
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 123

Housing units in Boone County with a mortgage: 26,958 (401 second mortgage, 2,869 home equity loan, 45 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,733

Religion statistics for Boone County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Boone County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Missouri Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4490, Natural disaster type: Other
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 29, 2019, FEMA Id: 4451, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2017 - May 11, 2017, FEMA Id: 4317, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 22, 2015 to January 09, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3374: January 02, 2016, FEMA Id: 3374, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Flooding, Incident Period: June 01, 2011 to August 01, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3325: June 30, 2011, FEMA Id: 3325, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1961: March 23, 2011, FEMA Id: 1961, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3317: February 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 3317, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 28, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3303: January 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 3303, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado, Incident Period: September 11, 2008 to September 24, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1809: November 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 1809, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 17, 2008 to May 09, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1749: March 19, 2008, FEMA Id: 1749, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 15 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.11% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($46,761 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.86% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($22,019 average AGI)
3.24% relocated from other states ($24,742 average AGI)

Boone County:	3.24%
Missouri average:	2.68%

from Cole County, MO	0.36% ($39,558 average AGI)
from Callaway County, MO	0.36% ($40,348)
from St. Louis County, MO	0.33% ($39,163)
from Jackson County, MO	0.20% ($45,613)
from Audrain County, MO	0.19% ($40,000)
from Randolph County, MO	0.18% ($44,687)
from St. Charles County, MO	0.18% ($59,420)

8.11% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($47,559 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($144 average AGI)

Boone County:	0.03%
Missouri average:	0.05%

4.00% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($20,742 average AGI)
4.07% relocated to other states ($26,672 average AGI)

Boone County:	4.07%
Missouri average:	2.80%

to St. Louis County, MO	0.45% ($46,721 average AGI)
to Jackson County, MO	0.43% ($45,721)
to Callaway County, MO	0.39% ($41,217)
to Cole County, MO	0.35% ($46,275)
to Randolph County, MO	0.21% ($37,904)
to St. Louis city, MO	0.21% ($32,214)
to Cooper County, MO	0.19% ($34,876)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 12.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Boone County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 33,886 (9,212 living alone), Female householders: 36,835 (11,119 living alone)

• 29,708 spouses (29,328 opposite-sex spouses), 5,012 unmarried partners, (4,654 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 40,760 children (38,473 natural, 1,033 adopted, 1,254 stepchildren), 3,083 grandchildren, 1,986 brothers or sisters, 1,443 parents, 0 foster children, 1,361 other relatives, 17,366 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 9,023

Size of family households: 19,254 2-persons, 9,842 3-persons, 7,570 4-persons, 2,751 5-persons, 1,258 6-persons, 226 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 20,331 1-person, 7,080 2-persons, 1,139 3-persons, 1,270 4-persons.

21,539 married couples with children.
11,507 single-parent households (3,586 men, 7,921 women).

91.1% of residents of Boone speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $770,840,000 ($5,453 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $44,537,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $254,015,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $141,908,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,302,000
Federal grants: $209,913,000
Federal procurement contracts: $42,070,000 ($24,347,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $117,632,000 ($2,520,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $100,363,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $71,381,000
Federal Government insurance: $24,918,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 19.29 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Boone County, Missouri
• 6,7262014 or later
• 3,9732010 to 2013
• 17,3222000 to 2009
• 15,1451990 to 1999
• 10,3171980 to 1989
• 10,7431970 to 1979
• 7,2041960 to 1969
• 2,0571950 to 1959
• 1,6991940 to 1949
• 4,1671939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Boone County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Boone County, Missouri
• 461 room
• 202 rooms
• 5003 rooms
• 1,8844 rooms
• 5,8745 rooms
• 8,4866 rooms
• 6,1877 rooms
• 5,2328 rooms
• 12,4629+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boone County, Missouri
• 1,5511 room
• 8492 rooms
• 4,0403 rooms
• 9,5814 rooms
• 6,4775 rooms
• 4,7366 rooms
• 1,2547 rooms
• 9878 rooms
• 5559+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Boone County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Boone County, Missouri
• 46no bedroom
• 1381 bedroom
• 3,8272 bedrooms
• 20,6473 bedrooms
• 11,1274 bedrooms
• 4,9065+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boone County, Missouri
• 1,624no bedroom
• 3,3421 bedroom
• 13,5292 bedrooms
• 7,4183 bedrooms
• 3,6204 bedrooms
• 4975+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Boone County, Missouri in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Boone County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 380no vehicle
• 9,7901 vehicle
• 20,5242 vehicles
• 6,9823 vehicles
• 2,1674 vehicles
• 8485+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Boone County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,824no vehicle
• 15,3661 vehicle
• 7,3982 vehicles
• 2,5013 vehicles
• 8674 vehicles
• 745+ vehicles

76.2% of Boone County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Missouri.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 115,745
• Other state: 48,944
• Northeast: 3,620
• Midwest: 22,913
• South: 14,650
• West: 7,761

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,035
• Number of aged recipients: 121
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,914
• Number of recipients under 18: 438
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,377
• Number of recipients older than 64: 220
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 711
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 938

Boone County on our top lists:

• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"