Contact info:
Stone County, Missouri
P. O. Box 135
Galena, Mo. 65656
Telephone (417)357-6141 * Fax (417)357-6369

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General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	28,658
Male	14,052	49.0	49.1%
Female	14,606	51.0	50.9%
Median age (years)	44.1	(X)	35.3
Under 5 years	1,565	5.5	6.8%
18 years and over	22,520	78.6	74.3%
65 years and over	5,429	18.9	12.4%
One race	28,314	98.8	97.6%
White	27,983	97.6	75.1%
Black or African American	21	0.1	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	175	0.6	0.9%
Asian	52	0.2	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	10	0.0	0.1%
Some other race	73	0.3	5.5%
Two or more races	344	1.2	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	298	1.0	12.5%
Household population	28,397	99.1	97.2%
Group quarters population	261	0.9	2.8%
Average household< size	2.40	(X)	2.59
Average family size	2.76	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	16,241
Occupied housing units	11,822	72.8	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	9,595	81.2	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	2,227	18.8	33.8%
Vacant housing units	4,419	27.2	9.0%
Social Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Population 25 years and over	20,799
High school graduate or higher	16,713	80.4	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2,962	14.2	24.4%
Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over)	4,171	18.5	12.7%
Disability status (population 5 years and over)	5,658	21.1	19.3%
Foreign born	329	1.1	11.1%
Male, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)	7,843	68.8	56.7%
Female, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)	7,840	64.3	52.1%
Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over)	577	2.1	17.9%
Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	13,083	56.1	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over)	30.1	(X)	25.5
Median household income in 1999 (dollars)	32,637	(X)	41,994
Median family income in 1999 (dollars)	36,844	(X)	50,046
Per capita income in 1999 (dollars)	18,036	(X)	21,587
Families below poverty level	755	8.5	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	3,614	12.8	12.4%
Housing Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes	5,840
Median value (dollars)	102,700	(X)	119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	(X)	(X)
With a mortgage (dollars)	784	(X)
Not mortgaged (dollars)	220	(X)	295

(X) Not applicable. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 1 (SF 1) and Summary File 3 (SF 3)