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Platte County’s population has increased 27.5% since 1990
while the Kansas City MSA grew 12.2%
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Platte County is the 2nd highest in per capita income in the
state of Missouri and the KC MSA.
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Platte County is one of only two Missouri counties listed in
the top 250 counties in the USA with regards to growth potential.
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Personal Income
Median Household Money Income, 1997 model-based estimate:
| Platte County |
$52,960 |
| KC |
$34,502 |
| USA |
$37,005 |
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8 of the top 10 largest Platte County employers have located
to the county since 1989 and represent over 8,000 new jobs.
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Platte County employment grew 70% between 1995-2000. Platte
County employers grew 23% between 1993 and 1999. Payroll grew
68% during that period also.
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Major growth industries in Platte County are: Telecommunications,
Customer Service, Travel/Tourism, Warehouse Distribution and
Manufacturing.
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Platte County’s major private employers include: American
Airlines, Citicorp Credit Services, Farmland Industries, ADT
Security Services, and Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
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Platte County offers 3,800 hotel/motel rooms ranging from full
to limited service. Banquet and Meeting space amounting to more
than 150,000 square feet, ranging in size from 150 to 70,000
square feet.
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The recently opened KCI Expo Center is Platte County’s
premier convention center. The facility offers 70,000 square
feet exhibition hall space and 11,000 square feet meeting/banquet
space.
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Hospitals in and around Platte County have over 671 beds, 3,700
healthcare professionals and 1,550 physicians. Specialties include
but aren’t limited to: Level II Trauma, neonatal intensive
care nurseries, maternity care, open-heart surgery, cancer treatment,
general medical/surgical care, physical, occupational and speech
therapy, and hospice services. Recent as well as ongoing expansion
to healthcare centers in and around Platte County amounts to
over $144 million.
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75.2% is the national average of high school graduates, Platte
County’s is 87.8%.
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Platte County offers over 7 advanced, post-secondary programs.
