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Platte County, Missouri

Quick Facts

2015 Population: 93,394
Median Household Income: $68,254
Poverty Rate: 7.7%
Unemployment Rate:3.6%

Key Findings

Platte County fares well compared to the region by most demographic measures. Its median household income is second highest among the 11 counties, and its poverty rate is second lowest. Employment is up, the unemployment rate is down, and the percentage of residents with bachelor’s degrees or higher (40.5 percent) is well over the national average (29.8 percent). As with many other counties, the aging population is rapidly increasing in Platte County, with the number of residents over age 65 growing by nearly 80 percent over the last 15 years. The county has a low rate of uninsured residents — at 8.1 percent — but uninsured rates are considerably higher for minorities and low-income residents. The county has good access to care overall, but medical professionals, like the overall population, are concentrated in the southern portion of the county. The rural communities to the north may have more difficulty finding doctors, dentists and mental health providers.

Information presented in this county profile is the most currently available as of September 2017.

County Data

Leading Causes of Death
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 people, 2015. Source: MICA

	Platte Co.	Missouri
Heart disease	148.8	197.5
Cancer	143.9	173.0
Chronic lower resp. diseases	51.1	52.7
Alzheimer's disease	42.5	28.6
Stroke	27.9	40.6
Influenza & pneumonia	16.8*	17.8
Other respiratory disease	15.2	13.4
Suicide	14.6*	16.9
Pneumonitis	13.0*	7.3
Diabetes	13.0*	19.6

* Sample size too small to ensure accuracy

Access to Care, 2016

	Ratio of Primary Care Physicians per person — 1: 1,200

	Ratio of Dentists per person — 1: 1,750

	Ratio of Mental Health Providers per person — 1: 1,040
	Source: County Health Rankings

Health Indicator Trends

Trends for selected health indicators by county from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's County Health Rankings website.