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People QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Kansas
Population, 2012 estimate | 21,226 | 2,885,905
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 21,603 | 2,853,116
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.7% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 21,603 | 2,853,118
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.9% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.6% | 25.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.7% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.6% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 90.7% | 87.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 6.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 4.0% | 1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 3.9% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.1% | 11.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 89.0% | 77.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.4% | 82.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.8% | 6.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.6% | 10.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.8% | 89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.4% | 29.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,788 | 222,477
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21 | 18.9
Housing units, 2011 | 9,828 | 1,237,651
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.8% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.2% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $71,400 | $125,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 8,189 | 1,104,479
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.6 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $19,661 | $26,545
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $41,513 | $50,594
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.4% | 12.6%
Business QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Kansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 344 | 73,598
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 5,151 | 1,113,423
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -3.0% | -1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,136 | 186,495
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,473 | 237,040
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 2.2% | 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 | S | 27.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 512,058 | 76,751,828
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 205,501 | 45,863,865
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 121,743 | 34,538,332
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,686 | $12,444
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,639 | 4,192,347
Building permits, 2012 | 0 | 6,252
Geography QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Kansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 587.57 | 81,758.72
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 36.8 | 34.9
FIPS Code | 21 | 20
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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