Meade County, Kansas QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts	Meade County	Kansas
?  Population, 2000	4,631	2,688,418
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	9.0%	8.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.9%	7.0%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	29.5%	26.5%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	17.9%	13.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	91.1%	86.1%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	5.7%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.9%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)	0.0%	Z
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	6.2%	3.4%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.5%	2.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000	50.5%	50.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	10.9%	7.0%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	86.8%	83.1%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990	2,258	1,272,664
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990	485	330,377
?  Housing units, 2000	1,968	1,131,200
?  Homeownership rate, 2000	74.4%	69.2%
?  Households, 2000	1,728	1,037,891
?  Persons per household, 2000	2.61	2.51
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000	37.8%	35.5%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate	$34,411	$36,488
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate	8.2%	10.9%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate	10.8%	15.4%

Business QuickFacts	Meade County	Kansas
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998	155	74,019
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998	857	1,081,941
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998	55.8%	21.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997	327	154,619
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	46,296,431
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	21,328	22,571,918
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,857	$8,627
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992	NA	7,244
?  Women-owned firms, 1992	160	66,429
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999	2	15,682
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000)	32,659	14,447,020
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997	306	118,302

Geography QuickFacts	Meade County	Kansas
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles)	978	81,815
?  Persons per square mile, 2000	4.7	32.9
?  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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NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown