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Buchanan County, Missouri

Demographic Snapshot

	Buchanan County	Kansas City MSA	United States
Population, 2017	89,065	2,128,912	325,719,178
Population % Ch., 2007-2017	1.51%	7.47%	7.99%
Median Age, 2016	36.9	37.4	37.9
Land Area (sq. mi.)	408.03	7,950	3,531,905
High School Grads, 2016	87.2%	91.4%	87%
College Grads, 2016	20.5%	35%	30.3%
Labor Force, 2017	46,169	1,128,859	160,320,000
Unemployment Rate, 2017	3.5%	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
139th Airlift Wing	Government	1,200
Altec industries	Manufacturing	1,000+
American Family Insurance (Reg. Hdq.)	Insurance	732
Daily's Premium Meats	Manufacturing	275
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.	Animal pharmaceuticals	946
City of St. Joseph, MO	Government	665
Tyson Foods	Meat products	620
Hillyard Companies	Manufacturing	260
Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc.	Grocery store	445
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW Local Union #545)	Contractor	253
Johnson Controls, Inc.-Battery Division	Manufacturing	697
Missouri Department of Transportation	Government	490
Missouri Western State University	Education	705
Mosaic Life Care	Health services	3,224
Nestle Purina PetCare	Pet food manufacturer	252
Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center	Health services	336
School District of St. Joseph	Education	1,882
Systems & Services Technologies	Financial services	983
Triumph Foods, LLC	Meat products	2,781
USA 800, Inc.	Call center	475
Wal-Mart	Department store	785