Population | Components of Change | Age | Racial Diversity | Residence | Housing | Households | Families | Jobs

County Income Patterns | Commuting | Education | Disabilities | Health Status Indicators | Age-Adjusted Mortality

Population and Change
Over the period from 2000 to 2008, Carroll County's population decreased by 529, going from 10,285 in 2000 to 9,756 in 2008. This was a change of -5.1 percent, compared to 5.7 percent for the state.

Components of Change
Natural Increase is defined as births minus deaths. Carroll County had 133 more deaths than births between 2000 and 2008. Net migration is the difference between the number of people who moved into an area and the number of people who moved out. A negative net migration means a net loss of persons due to migration (more out-movers than in-movers), while a positive value represents a net gain. Between 2000 and 2008, Carroll County had an estimated net migration of -396.

Age
In 2008, an estimated 18.8 percent of Carroll County residents were 65 and older compared to 13.6 percent statewide. At the same time, the Census Bureau estimated that young people (under 18) made up 22.4 percent of the county's population, compared to 24.1 percent for the state.

Racial Diversity
The 2008 vintage estimates from the Census Bureau indicate that 96.5 percent of the population in the county was White (9,413 persons), while the estimated Black population was 191 (2.0%). The same set of estimates indicated there were 12 Asians (0.1%) and 31 American Indians (0.3%). (These are all "race alone" figures.) Hispanic is not considered to be a race by the Census Bureau/OMB, but rather a separate ethnic category. In 2006, an estimated 106 Hispanic persons (1.1%) were living in the county.

Place of Residence
Sub-county estimates for 2008 indicate that 39.5 percent of the county's population lived in incorporated places of 2,500 or more. Those living in smaller places accounted for 21.5 percent of the county's population, while 39.0 percent lived in unincorporated areas.

Housing
According to the 2007 Census Bureau's estimates, there were 5,006 housing units in Carroll County. The homeownership rate in 2000 was 74.0 percent compared to 70.3 percent statewide. In 2000, the median value of owner-occupied housing units was $48,900 compared with a statewide figure of $89,900. 

Households and Families
There were about 4,169 households in the county according to the 2000 decennial census. Families comprised 69.1 percent of households (2,879). About 25.4 percent of households were married couples with children under 18, which was more than for the state overall (23.3%). Single parent families accounted for 5.1 percent of all Carroll County households, compared to 9.1 percent in Missouri.

Families and Children
Median family income for Carroll County was $36,773 in 1999, compared to $46,044 for Missouri.

• The 2007 poverty rate in Carroll County was 16.0 percent which was higher than that of the state (13.3%). The poverty rate among children (21.3%) was higher than that of the state (18.4%).
• In 2007, 47.2 percent of children in Carroll County were enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program, compared to 41.7 percent statewide.
• The 2007 annual Kids Count reports Carroll County indicators on children ranked 11 out of 114 counties and St. Louis City. Kids Count indicators show that 5.2 percent of the infants born over the period from 2003 to 2007 were low birth weight infants, while births to teenage mothers were 36.1 per 1,000 girls, compared to 45.7 statewide.

Unemployment / Jobs by Sector
The 06 / 2009 unemployment rate (per BLS, preliminary and not seasonally adjusted) was 10.7 percent, compared with 9.5 percent statewide. According to Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates, in 2007 there were 5,559 jobs in Carroll County. Farm employment accounted for more than 19.8 percent of the total jobs (1,103). Local government (576), Retail Trade (480) and Construction (382) were the next largest industries for this county.

County Income Patterns
BEA estimates indicate that Carroll County generated over $260.863 million dollars of total personal income in 2007. Per capita income was $26,470, compared with $33,964 for Missouri. Significant sources of income were:

• Personal current transfer receipts: $66.293 million (25.4%);
• Dividends, interest, and rent: $43.006 million (16.5%);
• Local government: $18.698 million (7.2%);
• Farm earnings: $14.232 million (5.5%)

Commuting
In Carroll County, 33.2 percent of workers commuted outside their home county to work in 2000. Statewide, 25.2 percent of workers traveled between 30 and 60 minutes to work, while in Carroll County 20.6 percent traveled as long. At the same time, 10.3 percent of workers traveled more than 60 minutes to work, compared with 5.4 percent statewide.

Educational Attainment
In 2000, about 14.0 percent of Carroll County residents aged 25 years and over (975) were college graduates, compared to 21.6 percent statewide. An additional 1,296 had some college education (18.7%) compared with 27.0 percent of all Missourians over the age of 25.

In 2007, the high school graduation rate in Carroll County (95.3%) was higher than the statewide rate (86.3%), as reported by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Disabilities
In 2000, 1,165 persons age 65 and older in Carroll County reported having a disability (60.6%). The corresponding Missouri rate was 55.3 percent. Among the working age population (16 to 64) of Carroll County, 709 reported some work disability, which was 12.1 percent of all persons in that age cohort, compared to a statewide figure of 10.8 percent.

Health Status Indicators
In 2003, over 16.2 percent of Carroll County residents reported their health was “fair or poor” compared with 16.9 percent statewide. While 12.3 percent of Missourians reported having no health coverage, the percent without coverage in Carroll County was estimated at 9.1 percent. State health data report the top two prevalence indicators for the county were High Blood Pressure (34%) and High Cholesterol (35 years and older) (41.5%). Missouri reported 28.5 percent and 37.3 percent in those same categories.

Age-Adjusted Mortality
The age-adjusted cause-of-mortality rates (per 100,000) significantly higher than the state for Carroll County were Heart Disease (338) and Total unintentional injuries (56.8). The corresponding Missouri rates were 298 and 40.9, respectively.

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