Kearny County, Kansas QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Kearny County Kansas
?  Population, 2000 4,5312,688,418
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 12.5%8.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 8.8%7.0%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 34.3%26.5%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 11.1%13.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 80.3%86.1%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6%5.7%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.9%0.9%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%1.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%Z
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 15.7%3.4%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.1%2.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 48.9%50.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 26.6%7.0%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 71.1%83.1%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,7701,272,664
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 300330,377
?  Housing units, 2000 1,6571,131,200
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 73.3%69.2%
?  Households, 2000 1,5421,037,891
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.912.51
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 46.4%35.5%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $38,950$36,488
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 11.5%10.9%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 16.5%15.4%

Business QuickFacts Kearny County Kansas
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 9074,019
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 5041,081,941
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 50.9%21.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 231154,619
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA46,296,431
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 5,80222,571,918
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $1,387$8,627
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA7,244
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 10666,429
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 1915,682
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 30,34814,447,020
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 363118,302

Geography QuickFacts Kearny County Kansas
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 87181,815
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 5.232.9
?  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