Liberty, Missouri demographics

Liberty, MO demographics: median age 37.8; 39.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Liberty city, Missouri · Incorporated city · GEOID 2942032. The survey estimates a population of 30,689 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Liberty is 37.8 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.7 years. There are 11,568 households (±343). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.8 ±1.7	39.0 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,689
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
Under 18	7,508 ±728	24.5% ±2.4 pp	22.3%	22.0%
18–34	6,555 ±620	21.4% ±2.0 pp	22.3%	22.8%
35–64	11,745 ±761	38.3% ±2.5 pp	37.5%	38.0%
65 and older	4,881 ±440	15.9% ±1.4 pp	17.9%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,689
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
Male	15,475 ±529	50.4% ±1.7 pp	49.3%	49.5%
Female	15,214 ±523	49.6% ±1.7 pp	50.7%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,689
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
White alone	26,245 ±705	85.5% ±2.3 pp	77.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,413 ±419	4.6% ±1.4 pp	11.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	118 ±74 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	387 ±210 · low precision	1.3% ±0.7 pp · low precision	2.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	27 ±35 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	591 ±277	1.9% ±0.9 pp	1.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,908 ±384	6.2% ±1.3 pp	7.1%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,689
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,150 ±533	95.0% ±1.7 pp	94.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,539 ±525	5.0% ±1.7 pp	5.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,568
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
Married-couple family	6,124 ±389	52.9% ±3.0 pp	46.5%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	453 ±127	3.9% ±1.1 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,003 ±256	8.7% ±2.2 pp	11.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,326 ±404	28.8% ±3.4 pp	31.1%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	662 ±244	5.7% ±2.1 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,568
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,977 ±291	34.4% ±2.3 pp	28.5%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	7,591 ±449	65.6% ±3.4 pp	71.5%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,568
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,326 ±404	28.8% ±3.4 pp	31.1%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,581 ±385	31.0% ±3.2 pp	35.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,902 ±300	16.4% ±2.5 pp	14.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,571 ±270	13.6% ±2.3 pp	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	755 ±224	6.5% ±1.9 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	275 ±121	2.4% ±1.0 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	158 ±124 · low precision	1.4% ±1.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,689
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
Native	29,920 ±300	97.5% ±1.0 pp	95.5%	85.9%
Foreign born	769 ±293	2.5% ±1.0 pp	4.5%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 28,756
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
English only	27,799 ±544	96.7% ±1.1 pp	93.3%	77.7%
Spanish	443 ±161	1.5% ±0.6 pp	2.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	80 ±83 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	66 ±83 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	20 ±27 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	25 ±31 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	2.0%
Korean	77 ±83 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	15 ±20 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±26 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±26 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	47 ±51 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	146 ±161 · low precision	0.5% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	38 ±39 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 20,264
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	833 ±217	4.1% ±1.1 pp	8.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	5,085 ±704	25.1% ±3.4 pp	30.2%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	4,437 ±561	21.9% ±2.7 pp	20.8%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,880 ±324	9.3% ±1.6 pp	8.4%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	5,327 ±576	26.3% ±2.7 pp	19.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,702 ±365	13.3% ±1.8 pp	12.6%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 30,421
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Missouri	U.S.
Same house	25,896 ±959	85.1% ±3.1 pp	87.4%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,680 ±981	8.8% ±3.2 pp	6.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,375 ±564	4.5% ±1.9 pp	3.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	435 ±200	1.4% ±0.7 pp	2.5%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	35 ±47 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

4.8% of Liberty residents (±1.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 8.8% in Missouri and 8.4% nationally. 93.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Liberty	Missouri	U.S.	Compared with Missouri
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	4.8% ±1.1 pp	8.8%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	93.3% ±2.3 pp	89.3%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.9% ±1.1 pp	7.3%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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