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Lafayette County, Missouri

Demographic Snapshot

	Lafayette County	Kansas City MSA	United States
Population, 2017	32,641	2,128,912	325,719,178
Population % Ch., 2007-2017	-1.64%	7.47%	7.99%
Median Age, 2016	42.1	37.4	37.9
Land Area (sq. mi.)	628.43	7,950	3,531,905
High School Grads, 2016	88.9%	91.4%	87%
College Grads, 2016	18.3%	35%	30.3%
Labor Force, 2017	17,206	1,128,859	160,320,000
Unemployment Rate, 2017	3.7%	3.8%	4.4%
Note: Educational Attainment rates are for the population 25 years and older. Annual education attainment rates are not available for communities under 25,000 population. For consistency, the Educational Attainment data is from the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, American Community Survey; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Company	Type of Operation	Employees
Continental Deli Foods, a part of Tyson Foods Family	Ham processing	225
Higginsville Schools	Public education	128
Lexington Schools	Public education	150
Odessa Schools	Public education	300
The Habitation Center	Health services	480