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People QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Kansas
Population, 2013 estimate | 20,978 | 2,893,957
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 21,603 | 2,853,116
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -2.9% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 21,603 | 2,853,118
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.0% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.5% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 17.3% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.5% | 50.2%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 90.7% | 87.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.7% | 6.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 4.1% | 1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 3.9% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 2.1% | 11.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 88.9% | 77.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 87.4% | 83.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 0.9% | 6.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 2.6% | 11.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 86.1% | 89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 14.9% | 30.3%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,753 | 211,113
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 19.8 | 19
Housing units, 2013 | 9,778 | 1,239,706
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 75.9% | 67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 5.2% | 17.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $71,600 | $128,400
Households, 2009-2013 | 7,936 | 1,110,440
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.65 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $19,580 | $26,929
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $39,746 | $51,332
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 18.4% | 13.7%
Business QuickFacts | Cherokee County | Kansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 342 | 73,944
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 5,197 | 1,134,216
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 0.9% | 1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 1,133 | 188,168
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