Boonville Fast Facts:
Founded: 1839
Land Size: 7.3 square miles
Population
Cooper County Population (2007) - 17,007
Boonville Population (2007) - 8438
Employment Information
Unemployment Rate- Cooper County (2010) – 8.2%
State Minimum Wage- $7.25
Income
Median Household Income (Cooper, 2005) - $39, 548
Average Salary/Year (Cooper, 2006) - 26, 416
Average Wage/ Hour (Cooper, 2006) - $12.16
Race (2006)
White/ Caucasian Alone: 89.3%
African American Alone: 8.7%
Hispanic- 1.4%
Multiracial- 1.2%
American Indian and Alaskan Native Alone - .5%
Asian and Pacific Islander Alone- .3%
Education (Cooper County 2000)
College Educated with degree- 13.7%
Some College, no degree- 22.8%
High School diploma or equivalent- 43.8%
Sources: United States Census 2000; Unites States Economic Census 2002; 2007 Missouri Kids Count; Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2008; Missouri Economic Research and Information Center 2008; US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics 2010; Bureau of Economic Analysis 2008