Kansas State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  13.1% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  88.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  5.0% Housing units, 2007  1,219,439 Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  17.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $83,500 Persons per household, 2000  2.51 Per capita money income, 1999  $20,506 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  1.2%1 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  178,694 American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  0.8% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  50,897,796 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  26,505,396 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  3,196,947 FIPS Code  20 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  7.2% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  25.0% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  2.2% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  52.4% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  8.7% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  86.0% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  429,687 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  76,4461 Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.9% Retail sales per capita, 2002  $9,770 Building permits, 2008  8,188 Persons per square mile, 2000  32.9 Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  6.2% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  19.0 Homeownership rate, 2000  69.2% Median household income, 2007  $47,341 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  2.0% Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  22,736,6901 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  81,814.88 Population, 2008 estimate  2,802,134 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  4.2% Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  2,688,816 Female persons, percent, 2008  50.3% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  9.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  80.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  25.8% Households, 2000  1,037,891 Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  11.2% Private nonfarm employment, 2006  1,142,6801 Total number of firms, 2002  219,378 Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  27.2% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  44,117,100 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business