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People QuickFacts | Fort Scott | Kansas
Population, 2012 estimate | 7,934 | 2,885,398
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 8,087 | 2,853,116
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.9% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 8,087 | 2,853,118
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.2% | 7.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.5% | 25.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 18.1% | 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.3% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 90.3% | 83.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.7% | 5.9%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 2.9% | 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.5% | 10.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 89.0% | 78.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 82.9% | 83.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 0.7% | 6.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 1.7% | 10.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 84.3% | 89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 26.0% | 30.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 548 | 218,511
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 14.8 | 18.9
Housing units, 2010 | 3,819 | 1,233,215
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 65.9% | 68.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.1% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $67,200 | $127,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 3,106 | 1,109,391
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.48 | 2.5
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $18,223 | $26,845
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $35,276 | $51,273
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 22.8% | 13.2%
Business QuickFacts | Fort Scott | Kansas
Total number of firms, 2007 | 830 | 237,040
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.5% | 27.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 115,338 | 76,751,828
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 45,863,865
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 114,150 | 34,538,332
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,440 | $12,444
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 4,192,347
Geography QuickFacts | Fort Scott | Kansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 5.55 | 81,758.72
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,457.6 | 34.9
FIPS Code | 24000 | 20
Counties | Bourbon County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
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
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts