Norton County, Kansas QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Norton County Kansas
?  Population, 2000 5,9532,688,418
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 0.1%8.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 4.8%7.0%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 22.0%26.5%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 19.6%13.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 93.3%86.1%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 4.0%5.7%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%0.9%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%1.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.0%3.4%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.7%2.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 45.0%50.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 2.4%7.0%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 92.1%83.1%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 3,2431,272,664
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 540330,377
?  Housing units, 2000 2,6731,131,200
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 77.8%69.2%
?  Households, 2000 2,2661,037,891
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.282.51
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 29.6%35.5%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $31,013$36,488
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 13.3%10.9%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 18.5%15.4%

Business QuickFacts Norton County Kansas
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 21574,019
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 1,6661,081,941
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 8.1%21.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 369154,619
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA46,296,431
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 32,68622,571,918
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,636$8,627
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA7,244
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 15466,429
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 215,682
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 43,24514,447,020
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 385118,302

Geography QuickFacts Norton County Kansas
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 87881,815
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 6.832.9
?  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