Perry County, MO has a population of 19,152 people with a median age of 40.2 and a median household income of $53,014. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Perry County, MO grew from 19,100 to 19,152, a 0.27% increase and its median household income grew from $51,499 to $53,014, a 2.94% increase.
The population of Perry County, MO is 95.7% White, 2.07% Hispanic, and 0.74% Two+. 2.58% of the people in Perry County, MO speak a non-English language, and 99% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Perry County, MO are Mineral Area College, with 751 graduates, National Academy of Beauty Arts-Farmington, with 30 graduates, and N/A, with N/A graduates.
The median property value in Perry County, MO is $126,200, and the homeownership rate is 78%. Most people in Perry County, MO commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 21.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Perry County, MO is 2 cars per household.
Perry County, MO is the 56th most populated county in Missouri and borders Jackson County, IL; Randolph County, IL; Union County, IL; Bollinger County, MO; Cape Girardeau County, MO; Madison County, MO; Ste. Genevieve County, MO; St. Francois County, MO& 3 more.
The economy of Perry County, MO employs 9,306 people. The economy of Perry County, MO is specialized in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting; Manufacturing; and Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction, which employ respectively 2.39; 2.29; and 2.22 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Perry County, MO are Manufacturing (2,203), Healthcare & Social Assistance (1,452), and Retail trade (979), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($63,929), Real Estate, Rental & Leasing ($47,361), and Transportation & Warehousing ($42,756).
Median household income in Perry County, MO is $53,014. Males in Perry County, MO have an average income that is 1.4 times higher than the average income of females, which is $36,772. The income inequality of Perry County, MO (measured using the Gini index) is 0.421 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Perry County, MO. In Perry County, MO the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 36 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $10,217. St. Louis city, MO has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Missouri.
Perry County, MO is home to a population of 19,152 people, from which 99% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Perry County, MO is composed of 18,330 White residents (95.7%), 397 Hispanic residents (2.07%), 141 Two+ residents (0.74%), 123 Asian residents (0.64%), and 93 Black residents (0.49%). The most common foreign languages in Perry County, MO are German (230 speakers), Spanish (185 speakers), and Scandinavian (18 speakers), but compared to other places, Perry County, MO has a relative high number of German (230 speakers), Scandinavian (18 speakers), and Laotian (16 speakers).
In 2015 universities in St. Francois, Washington, Perry & Ste. Genevieve Counties PUMA, MO awarded 781 degrees. The student population of St. Francois, Washington, Perry & Ste. Genevieve Counties PUMA, MO is skewed towards females, with 274 male students and 507 female students. Most students in St. Francois, Washington, Perry & Ste. Genevieve Counties PUMA, MO are White (717 and 91.8%), followed by Unknown (39 and 4.99%), Black or African American (13 and 1.66%), and Hispanic or Latino (6 and 0.77%). The largest universities in St. Francois, Washington, Perry & Ste. Genevieve Counties PUMA, MO by number of graduates are Mineral Area College (751 and 96.2%), National Academy of Beauty Arts-Farmington (30 and 3.84%), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in St. Francois, Washington, Perry & Ste. Genevieve Counties PUMA, MO are Liberal Arts & Sciences (321 and 41.1%), Registered Nursing (64 and 8.19%), and Other Teacher Education & Professional Development (50 and 6.4%). The median tuition costs in St. Francois, Washington, Perry & Ste. Genevieve Counties PUMA, MO are N/A for private four year colleges, and N/A and N/A respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Perry County, MO is $126,200, which is 0.62 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $123,400 to $126,200, a 2.27% increase. The homeownership rate of Perry County, MO is 78%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Perry County, MO have an average commute time of 21.6 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Perry County, MO is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.