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People QuickFacts | Cowley County | Kansas
Population, 2013 estimate | 36,204 | 2,893,957
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 36,311 | 2,853,116
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.3% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 36,311 | 2,853,118
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.6% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.2% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 16.6% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.1% | 50.2%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 89.5% | 87.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 2.9% | 6.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 2.4% | 1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.7% | 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 3.3% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 10.1% | 11.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 80.9% | 77.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 78.6% | 83.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.7% | 6.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 7.9% | 10.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 87.5% | 89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 19.5% | 30.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,954 | 218,511
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 18.7 | 18.9
Housing units, 2013 | 15,941 | 1,239,706
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 69.3% | 68.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 11.5% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $79,900 | $127,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 13,721 | 1,109,391
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.51 | 2.5
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $21,245 | $26,845
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $41,905 | $51,273
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 18.1% | 13.2%
Business QuickFacts | Cowley County | Kansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 767 | 73,944
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 11,239 | 1,134,216
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -0.7% | 1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 2,007 | 188,168
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,632 | 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 | 1.7% | 2.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.5% | 27.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,025,397 | 76,751,828
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 45,863,865
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 317,199 | 34,538,332
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,291 | $12,444
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 34,235 | 4,192,347
Building permits, 2012 | 34 | 6,252
Geography QuickFacts | Cowley County | Kansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,125.75 | 81,758.72
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 32.3 | 34.9
FIPS Code | 35 | 20
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area
(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