Harper County, Kansas QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Harper County Kansas
?  Population, 2000 6,5362,688,418
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 -8.3%8.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.6%7.0%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 24.7%26.5%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 23.2%13.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 97.2%86.1%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%5.7%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8%0.9%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%1.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%3.4%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.2%2.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 51.6%50.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.1%7.0%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 96.7%83.1%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 3,8811,272,664
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 540330,377
?  Housing units, 2000 3,2701,131,200
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.3%69.2%
?  Households, 2000 2,7731,037,891
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.302.51
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 29.8%35.5%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $30,760$36,488
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 12.9%10.9%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 18.6%15.4%

Business QuickFacts Harper County Kansas
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 23174,019
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 1,6221,081,941
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 14.7%21.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 491154,619
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA46,296,431
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 38,70222,571,918
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,961$8,627
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA7,244
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 18666,429
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 315,682
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 46,35614,447,020
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 606118,302

Geography QuickFacts Harper County Kansas
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 80181,815
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 8.232.9
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown