• Platte County recently succeeded in keeping the American Airline overhaul with its 2000 high paying jobs.

• The county has as much work under construction today as it had in assessed value just four years ago.

• For all the new development, population density in Platte County is only 1/6 of what it is adjoining Jackson County. n Platte County is home to the Kansas City International Airport, voted America’s “most user-friendly” and “best-friend of the environment.”

• The area to be developed around the airport is roughly 2/3 the size of Manhattan Island. n Despite the semi-rural setting, the average Platte Countian lives about 10-15 minutes from downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

• Retail sales in the county more than tripled between 1990 and 2000 and with the opening of Zona Rosa continues to grow at a comparable pace

• Argosy Riverside Casino invested some $105 million in capital improvements in the last two years and expanded its labor force by 250 people. n Platte County’s population grew three times as fast as the population of Missouri as a whole during the 1990s.

• At $52,960, the average household income in Platte County is 54% higher than the average in Missouri. n Of the 120 counties in Missouri, Platte has the 2nd highest per capita income and is listed among the 250 most affluent in America.

• While Platte County’s per capita income is 15% above the national average, the area’s cost of living is 4% below the national average. n Private employment grew 46% in Platte County during the 1990s.

• Private employment grew 46% in Platte County during the 1990s.