Lafayette County is a county in the western portion of Missouri, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,984. Its county seat is Lexington. The county was organized November 16, 1820, from Cooper County and originally named Lillard County for James Lillard of Tennessee, who served in the first state constitutional convention and first state legislature. It was renamed Lafayette County on February 16, 1825, in honor of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de La Fayette, who was then visiting the United States. Collected from Wikipedia.
Areas Located Within
Charts for Lafayette County, MO
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American Alone (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Hispanic or Latino, White Alone (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, Two or More Races (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Hispanic or Latino (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, Asian Alone (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Net County-to-County Migration Flow (5-year estimate) for Lafayette County, MO (DISCONTINUED)2020-01-01
   90% Confidence Interval Upper Bound of Estimate of Percent of Related Children Age 5-17 in Families in Poverty for Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Unemployed Persons in Lafayette County, MO2024-12-01
   Unemployment Rate in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Age-Adjusted Premature Death Rate for Lafayette County, MO2020-01-01
   Premature Death Rate for Lafayette County, MO2020-01-01
   Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Lafayette County, MO (DISCONTINUED)2020-01-01
   New Patent Assignments in Lafayette County, MO2004-02-01
   U.S. Granted Utility Patents Originating in Lafayette County, MO2015-01-01
   Resident Population in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   New Private Housing Structures Authorized by Building Permits for Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Estimate of Median Household Income for Lafayette County, MO2022-01-01
   White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Disconnected Youth (5-year estimate) for Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Single-Parent Households with Children as a Percentage of Households with Children (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Estimate, Median Age by Sex, Total Population (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Hispanic or Latino, Some Other Race Alone (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Income Inequality in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   High School Graduate or Higher (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Bachelor's Degree or Higher (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, Two or More Races, Two Races Including Some Other Race (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Homeownership Rate (5-year estimate) for Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Hispanic or Latino, Two or More Races (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Gross Domestic Product: Private Goods-Producing Industries in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Gross Domestic Product: Private Services-Providing Industries in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Lafayette County, MO (DISCONTINUED)2015-01-01
   Real Gross Domestic Product: Government and Government Enterprises in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Real Gross Domestic Product: Private Goods-Producing Industries in Lafayette County, MO2023-01-01
   Number of Private Establishments for All Industries in Lafayette County, MO2024-04-01
News and research for Lafayette County, MO
US Bureau of Labor Statistics (60) US Congressional Budget Office (16) US Census Bureau (14) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (3) Federal Reserve Bank of New York (17) Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (8) US Employment and Training Administration (11) The World Bank (71)
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