County · Missouri

Lafayette County, Missouri

Lafayette County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 56 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,377 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #22 of 115 counties. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), natural hazard risk (low) and severe housing problems (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), firearm deaths (high) and grocery stores (low).

56Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,377 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #22 of 115 in MO
Population: 33,531 (2025)
Land area: 628 mi²
Density: 53.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 29107

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety23#2,380/3,096
Economy68#1,000/3,143
Housing92#246/3,140
Health45#1,714/3,144
Healthcare44#1,772/3,143
Environment78#687/3,108
Education51#1,546/3,144
Infrastructure55#1,401/3,144
Community62#1,183/3,144
Leisure & amenities13#2,733/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lafayette County, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.394
97/100Missouri 0.465United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Natural hazard risk · low10.2
90/100Missouri 39.22025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Severe housing problems · low8.8%
89/100Missouri 12.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · low106 min
83/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Public EV charging ports · high8.4 /10k
82/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Food insecurity · low12.4%
81/100Missouri 14.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low32.4%
11/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · high18.2 /100k
14/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
14/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
14/100Missouri 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
15/100Missouri 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.5 /10k
16/100Missouri 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Violent crime rateWorsening
65 /100k (2020) → 251 /100k (2025)
+286%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 21% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+21 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.3 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
15.3% (2020 & 2021) → 29.4% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.6% (2015-2019) → 87.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Some collegeImproving
50.6% (2016-2020) → 60.4% (2019-2023)
+9.8 pts3 yearsUS 66.9% → 67.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lafayette County, Missouri improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 17 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Commute−2.9 min27.7 min → 24.9 min
Bachelor's++6 points20.3% → 26.2%
Inequality−0.0270.420 → 0.394
Weekly wage+30%$695 → $903
Broadband+12 points74.6% → 87.0%

Declined1

Violent crime+286%65 /100k → 251 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Lafayette County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−30%	Within the margin of error	9%
Average commute time	27.7 min2015-2019	24.9 min2020-2024	−2.9 min	Improved	94%
Average weekly wage	$6952020	$9032025	+30%	Improved	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	74.6%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Child poverty rate	14.6%2019	12.1%2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Distance to an airport	50 mi2020	50 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	13.2 /100k2020	12.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−7.6%	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.69%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	68%
Firearm deaths	18.6 /100k2020	18.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.2%	Within the margin of error	52%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−41%	Within the margin of error	6%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	90.6%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Homicide rate	5.6 /100k2020	5.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.9%	Within the margin of error	29%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,9752019	$59,8532024	+33%	Improved	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4202015-2019	0.3942020-2024	−0.027	Improved	87%
Median household income	$62,2642019	$74,4882024	+20%	Improved	23%
New business applications	8.3 /1k2020	12.2 /1k2025	+46%	Improved	52%
Pharmacies	2.7 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	36%
Poverty rate	10.7%2019	9.7%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Property crime rate	1,007 /100k2020	731 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	36%
Public libraries	1.8 /10k2019	1.8 /10k2024	−2%	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent as share of income	24.8%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	33.7%2015-2019	40.3%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Restaurants and bars	7.3 /10k2020	8.4 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	80%
Students per teacher	12.6×2019	12.3×2024	−0.3×	Little change	35%
Traffic deaths	23.3 /100k2015-2019	19.9 /100k2020-2024	−14%	Within the margin of error	73%
Unemployment rate	5.3%2020	3.9%2025	−1.4 points	Improved	21%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2019	9.8%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Violent crime rate	65 /100k2020	251 /100k2025	+286%	Declined	1%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Lafayette County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lafayette County, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lafayette County, Missouri itself moved −2.3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

33,115 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

12,576 households (±358)

Lafayette County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k12%1,518
$25k–50k18%2,277
$50k–75k17%2,123

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

12,576 households (±358)

Lafayette County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own76%9,526
Rent24%3,050

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

15,745 workers (±543)

Lafayette County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone79%12,495
Carpool8.7%1,376
Public transit0.0%†5

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kansas City, MO-KS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Lafayette County has 732 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Missouri's), with 6,755 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,632. The Census Bureau also counts 2,364 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 732; 2,364 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 6,755
Average annual pay: $43,632; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lafayette County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	72	21.7	1.40×More than typical	421	$56,494	288
Restaurants and other eating places	54	16.3	0.89×About typical	683	$16,662	5
Ambulatory health care services	37	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	235	$64,243	71
Religious organizations	37	11.1	2.01×More than typical	218	$21,073	—
Truck transportation	31	9.3	1.85×More than typical	96	$64,833	51
Other specialty trade contractors	29	8.7	3.48×More than typical	209	$63,531	109
Limited-service restaurants	28	8.4	1.05×About typical	530	$14,381	4
Construction of buildings	25	7.5	1.00×About typical	126	$40,333	107
Services to buildings and dwellings	25	7.5	1.12×About typical	48	$35,917	177
Lessors of real estate	22	6.6	0.54×Fewer than typical	33	$28,848	220
Gasoline stations	21	6.3	1.95×More than typical	314	$30,850	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	21	6.3	1.44×More than typical	48	$55,958	40

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 33,216 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $4.5M on contracts performed in Lafayette County, Missouri: $135 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.5M
Per resident: $135; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$4.5M99%
Department of the Air Force$51.5K1.1%

Top recipients

W A ELLIS CONSTRUCTION CO.$4.3M95%
AMERICAN CLASSIC CONSTRUCTION INC.$152.7K3.4%
C&T THOMPSON SUPPLY CO. LLC$51.5K1.1%
MIJA CLEANERS & REMODELING LLC$21.5K0.5%
MOI, INC.-$1,4910.0%

Spending by fiscal year

288.7KFY2017
2.2MFY2018
1.5MFY2019
1.6MFY2020
42.3MFY2021
97.6MFY2022
14.2MFY2023
1.3MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$4.3M95%
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying · 2123$152.7K3.4%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$51.5K1.1%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$21.5K0.5%

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO REMOVE NAVIGATION OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE MISSOURI RIVER AREAS AT RIVER MILES (RM) 90-91.$4.3M
W A ELLIS CONSTRUCTION CO.· Lafayette County, MO· Construction & real property· May 19, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· W912DQ26CA030
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) IS IN NEED OF ROCK DELIVERY FOR THE MISSOURI RIVER PROJECT.$152.7K
AMERICAN CLASSIC CONSTRUCTION INC.· Lafayette County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 4, 2026 – Feb 4, 2026· W912DQ26CA009
PLATING TANK REPAIR REMEDIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES SERV P24-014$101.5K
C&T THOMPSON SUPPLY CO. LLC· Lafayette County, MO· Equipment maintenance· Dec 9, 2024 – Dec 1, 2025· FA813225P0009

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Explore contracts in Lafayette County, Missouri

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $213.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lafayette County, Missouri: $6,374 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $213.7M; −12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,374; US $12,955
Loan face value: $8.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$137.2M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$21.5M10%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Lafayette County, Missouri compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Lafayette County, Missouri
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Lafayette County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lafayette County, Missouri

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lafayette County, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mark AlfordR-MO-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Lafayette County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Kansas City, MO-KS73Outlying county

Cities and towns in Lafayette County

Places whose residents live mostly in Lafayette County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/29107

FY2017	$8.85	$1,436
FY2018	$68.19	$1,552
FY2019	$46.62	$1,654
FY2020	$47.08	$1,880
FY2021	$1,287	$1,810
FY2022	$2,963	$1,917
FY2023	$427	$2,079
FY2024	$38.44	$2,047
FY2025	-$89.81	$2,165
FY2026	$135 (partial year)	$1,911

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$2.98	$93.28
FY2018	$44.13	$105
FY2019	$4.27	$128
FY2020	$24.18	$145
FY2021	$1,212	$117
FY2022	$2,943	$138
FY2023	$389	$159
FY2024	$17.12	$157
FY2025	-$111	$149
FY2026	$129 (partial year)	$211

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$1,570	$5,748
FY2022	$3,303	$5,221
FY2023	$850	$5,364
FY2024	$373	$5,501
FY2025	$740	$5,732
FY2026	$278 (partial year)	$5,446

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$82.42	$298
FY2022	$68.31	$357
FY2023	$297	$301
FY2024	$109	$319
FY2025	$653	$360
FY2026	$20.50 (partial year)	$349

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$31.23	$239
FY2022	$30.95	$185
FY2023	$40.26	$229
FY2024	$47.75	$229
FY2025	$33.13	$249
FY2026	$37.66 (partial year)	$201

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$160	$2,304
FY2022	$256	$2,197
FY2023	$100	$2,274
FY2024	$113	$2,267
FY2025	$155	$2,397
FY2026	$117 (partial year)	$2,597

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$961	$1,186
FY2022	$265	$465
FY2023	$30.08	$76.52
FY2024	$36.15	$120
FY2025	$40.56	$148
FY2026	$0.75 (partial year)	$108

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	1.0%	2.0%
2015	1.8%	2.1%
2016	1.5%	1.7%
2017	−0.7%	1.4%
2018	0.2%	1.6%
2019	0.3%	1.4%
2020	−2.8%	−6.1%
2021	1.4%	3.4%
2022	1.4%	4.3%
2023	1.6%	2.1%
2024	1.0%	1.2%
2025	−0.6%	0.5%

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	−4.6%	−4.2%
2015	−2.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.8%	+3.3%
2018	+3.0%	+6.8%

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	6.0%	6.2%
2015	4.9%	5.3%
2016	4.4%	4.9%
2017	3.8%	4.4%
2018	3.3%	3.9%

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	−6.8%	−5.5%
2015	−6.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+5.1%	+8.9%

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.8/1k	4.1/1k

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	−7.6%	−6.9%
2015	−3.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.6%	+4.7%
2018	+2.5%	+7.5%
2019

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	13.4%	15.5%
2015	12.2%	14.7%
2016	12.7%	14.0%
2017	12.5%	13.4%
2018	11.0%	13.1%
2019

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	−14.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−8.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	12.4%	13.5%
2015	11.7%	10.9%
2016	10.6%	10.0%
2017	10.4%	10.2%
2018	11.1%	10.4%
2019

Calendar years	Lafayette County, Missouri	United States
2014	5.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019

Year	Lafayette County, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+3.0 points	+3.2 points	+2.3 points to +4.0 points
Year −2	+3.1 points	+2.3 points	+1.3 points to +4.2 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+4.2 points	+5.4 points	+2.4 points to +10.7 points
Year +1	+4.2 points	+4.2 points	+1.9 points to +7.7 points
Year +2	+4.4 points	+3.7 points	+1.4 points to +6.0 points

Year	Lafayette County, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.1 points	−1.2 points	−2.1 points to −0.5 points
Year −2	−4.2 points	−4.2 points	−6.3 points to −1.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	0.0 points	+1.3 points	+0.2 points to +2.9 points
Year +1	+0.2 points	+0.1 points	−2.2 points to +1.6 points
Year +2	−0.4 points	−1.6 points	−2.9 points to −0.1 points

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