Missouri Real Estate

Missouri's total gross state product for 1999 was $170 billion placing it 18th in the nation, while its 2000 Per Capita Personal Income was $27,445 or 28th in the nation. Major industries include aerospace, transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, printing/publishing, electrical equipment and light manufacturing.

The agriculture products of the state are beef, soybeans, pork, dairy products, hay, corn, poultry, and eggs. Missouri is ranked 6th in the nation for the production of hogs and 7th for cattle. As of 2001, there were 108,000 farms, the second largest number in any state after Texas.

Missouri has vast quantities of limestone. Other minerals mined are lead, coal, portland cement and crushed stone. Missouri produces the most lead of all of the states in the Union with most of these mines in the central eastern portion of the state. Missouri also ranks first or near first among the production of lime. Tourism, services and wholesale/retail trade follow manufacturing in importance.

The median commute time to work was 23.8 minutes. The homeownership rate in 2000 was 70.3% with the median value of the owner occupied dwelling being $89,900. There were 2,194,594 households with 2.48 people per household. The median household money income for 1999 was $37,934 with the 1999 Per Capita Money Income of $19,936. Missouri ranks 38th in the nation for lower taxes.

Some of the important cities of Missouri are St. Genevieve because it is the oldest European settlement west of the Mississippi. Sedalia, Missouri is home of the Missouri State Fair. St. Joseph is where the Pony Express first started, and St. Charles was the birth of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.