2022 population: 60,011 ( 1,897 from 2010 , 1,367 from 2020)
Land area: 624.8 square miles
Population density: 96.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	50,478	84.11%	1.0%
Black:	622	1.04%	45.0%
Indian:	1,414	2.36%	10.0%
Asian:	1,747	2.91%	40.2%
2+ races:	1,994	3.32%	23.9%
Hispanic:	3,756	6.26%	48.0%

Total non-White:	9,533	15.89%	33.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,500	12.8
Deaths:	1,743	14.9
Net Migration:	1,496	12.8
Net Immigration:	118	1.0

Change in White population:	-489	-0.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,386	4.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
58,114
50,967	87.70%
429	0.74%
1,286	2.21%
1,246	2.14%
1,609	2.77%
2,537	4.37%
7,147	12.30%

2000
52,636
48,642	92.41%
298	0.57%
1,143	2.17%
310	0.59%
1,063	2.02%
1,147	2.18%
3,994	7.59%

1990
44,445
42,709	96.09%
156	0.35%
980	2.20%
269	0.61%
n/a
331	0.74%
1,736	3.91%

1980
40,555
39,643	97.75%
176	0.43%
410	1.01%
72	0.18%
n/a
206	0.51%
912	2.25%

1970
32,901
32,355	98.34%
156	0.47%
214	0.65%
12	0.04%
n/a
141	0.43%
546	1.66%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
6,931	13.2
4,957	9.4
1,587	3.0
243	0.5

2,325	4.4
3,153	6.0

Number	Rate
1990's
6,698	15.1
4,844	10.9
3,777	8.5
145	0.3

5,933	13.3
2,258	5.1

Number	Rate
1980's
5,943	14.7
4,011	9.9
2,106	5.2
n/a

3,066	7.6
824	2.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
5,581	17.0
n/a

7,288	22.2
366	1.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Newton County, MO

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.2
13,945	23.2%
46,066	76.8%
10,970	18.3%

21,991
2.63

15,476	70.4%
12,766	82.5%
913	5.9%
6,515	29.6%

2010
Number	Percent
39.0
14,762	25.4%
43,352	74.6%
8,857	15.2%

22,021
2.60

15,945	72.4%
12,596	79.0%
1,293	8.1%
6,076	27.6%

2000
Number	Percent
37.0
13,816	26.2%
38,820	73.8%
7,415	14.1%

20,163
2.56

14,779	73.3%
12,495	84.5%
963	6.5%
5,384	26.7%

1990
Number	Percent
34.6
11,857	26.7%
32,588	73.3%
6,437	14.5%

16,957
2.58

12,841	75.7%
11,180	87.1%
665	5.2%
4,116	24.3%

1980
Number	Percent
32.5
11,710	28.9%
28,845	71.1%
5,558	13.7%

14,949
2.69

11,666	78.0%
10,483	89.9%
584	5.0%
3,283	22.0%

2022 Housing Data for Newton County, MO

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	848	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,107	5.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	584	2.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,035	4.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,072	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,087	4.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,212	5.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,136	5.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,056	4.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,818	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	2,291	10.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,387	15.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,832	8.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,036	4.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,300	5.9%
$200,000 or more	1,190	5.4%

Median Household Income	60,313
Per Capita Income	32,893

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	90
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,172	5.3%
Public Assistance	354	1.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,522	11.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	23,228	69.2%
Unemployed	1,039	3.1%
In Armed Forces	7	0.0%

Total Labor Force	24,274	72.3%
Not in Labor Force	9,277	27.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	9,978	8,074	55.3%
Non-Profit	835	1,651	33.6%
Self-Employed	2,521	1,169	68.3%

Local Government	588	670	46.7%
State Government	428	368	53.8%
Federal Government	159	120	57.0%

Total Private + Self	12,499	9,243	57.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,010	2,809	41.7%
Total	14,509	12,052	54.6%

Pct. Govt.	8.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	3,544	13.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	5,579	21.0%
Professional, Technical	4,960	18.6%
Service Occupations	4,114	15.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	198	0.7%
All others	8,426	31.6%

White Collar		52.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	4,855	18.2%
Health care and social assistance	3,762	14.1%
Retail trade	3,120	11.7%
Educational services	2,127	8.0%
Construction	2,015	7.6%
Transportation and warehousing	1,456	5.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,317	4.9%
Accommodation and food services	1,300	4.9%
Other services	1,161	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	958	3.6%
Finance and insurance	896	3.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	733	2.8%
Wholesale trade	608	2.3%
Public administration	604	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	599	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	426	1.6%
Information	369	1.4%
Utilities	231	0.9%
Management	84	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,393	4.05%
Puerto Rican	82	0.14%
Cuban	74	0.13%
Dominican	5	0.01%

Total Central American	684	1.16%
Costa Rican	11	0.02%
Guatemalan	578	0.98%
Honduran	17	0.03%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	78	0.13%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	48	0.08%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	19	0.03%
Colombian	18	0.03%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	11	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	185	0.31%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	479	0.81%
Filipino	182	0.31%
Chinese	100	0.17%
Laotian	63	0.11%
Burmese	20	0.03%
Indian	16	0.03%
Vietnamese	14	0.02%
Taiwanese	1	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	52,130	93.9%
Spanish	1,767	3.2%
Other Asian	884	1.6%
German, other Germanic	210	0.4%
Other Indo-European	182	0.3%
Tagalog	92	0.2%
Other	88	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	60	0.1%
Arabic	43	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	9,390	15.9%
Irish	6,739	11.4%
English	6,653	11.3%
American	4,071	6.9%
Italian	1,177	2.0%
European	1,003	1.7%
Polish	915	1.6%
Dutch	883	1.5%
Scottish	864	1.5%
French	777	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	638	1.1%
Norwegian	441	0.7%
Scandinavian	404	0.7%
British	362	0.6%
Swedish	314	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	57,432	97.3%
Not a citizen	1,587	2.7%

Native	56,726	96.1%
Foreign-born	2,293	3.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,635	4.1%	2,646	6.6%	14,145	35.2%	12,829	31.9%	5,934	14.8%	2,982	7.4%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,635	4.1%
9-12 Years	2,646	6.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	14,145	35.2%
Some College	12,829	31.9%
Bach. Degree	5,934	14.8%
Grad Degree	2,982	7.4%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	22,733	21,197	1,536	6.8%	5.9%
1991	23,269	21,724	1,545	6.6%	6.6%
1992	24,116	22,411	1,705	7.1%	6.2%
1993	24,498	22,952	1,546	6.3%	6.2%
1994	24,999	23,648	1,351	5.4%	5.2%
1995	25,785	24,443	1,342	5.2%	4.8%
1996	26,589	25,237	1,352	5.1%	4.7%
1997	28,265	27,045	1,220	4.3%	4.4%
1998	28,588	27,318	1,270	4.4%	4.0%
1999	28,462	27,486	976	3.4%	3.2%

2000	27,636	26,589	1,047	3.8%	3.4%
2001	27,466	26,105	1,361	5.0%	4.5%
2002	27,049	25,478	1,571	5.8%	5.3%
2003	27,708	26,044	1,664	6.0%	5.7%
2004	27,660	26,131	1,529	5.5%	5.9%
2005	27,760	26,355	1,405	5.1%	5.4%
2006	28,175	26,898	1,277	4.5%	4.9%
2007	28,072	26,751	1,321	4.7%	5.1%
2008	27,948	26,388	1,560	5.6%	6.2%
2009	27,869	25,671	2,198	7.9%	9.0%

2010	28,636	26,083	2,553	8.9%	9.5%
2011	28,836	26,490	2,346	8.1%	8.6%
2012	29,188	27,332	1,856	6.4%	7.2%
2013	28,851	27,098	1,753	6.1%	6.8%
2014	28,332	26,796	1,536	5.4%	6.2%
2015	28,266	26,948	1,318	4.7%	5.1%
2016	28,186	26,960	1,226	4.3%	4.5%
2017	27,346	26,347	999	3.7%	3.8%
2018	27,072	26,245	827	3.1%	3.2%
2019	27,109	26,222	887	3.3%	3.3%

2020	26,732	25,179	1,553	5.8%	6.1%
2021	26,817	25,854	963	3.6%	4.1%
2022	26,914	26,262	652	2.4%	2.5%
2023	27,212	26,389	823	3.0%	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	24,636
Median Value	$162,900

Occupied	21,991	89.3%
Vacant	2,645	10.7%

Owned	16,342	74.3%
Rented	5,649	25.7%
Median Rent	$781

Single-Family Units	19,276	78.2%
Detached	18,977	77.0%
Attached	299	1.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,268	5.1%
Mobile Homes	3,201	13.0%

Newton County, MO

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Newton County, MO

2022 Housing Data for Newton County, MO

2022 Income & Employment Data for Newton County, MO

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Newton County, MO

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Newton County, MO

Historical Labor Force Data for Newton County, MO