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People QuickFacts | Ness County | Kansas
Population, 2012 estimate | 3,068 | 2,885,905
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 3,107 | 2,853,116
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.3% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 3,107 | 2,853,118
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.4% | 7.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 22.4% | 25.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 23.5% | 13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.8% | 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 97.1% | 87.4%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 6.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.0% | 2.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 8.5% | 10.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 89.6% | 77.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 90.1% | 82.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.5% | 6.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.1% | 10.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.1% | 89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 17.4% | 29.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 296 | 222,477
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 11.7 | 18.9
Housing units, 2011 | 1,723 | 1,237,651
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 81.2% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.3% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $49,700 | $125,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 1,359 | 1,104,479
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.24 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $30,005 | $26,545
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $46,417 | $50,594
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.4% | 12.6%
Business QuickFacts | Ness County | Kansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 147 | 74,301
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 1,006 | 1,127,160
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -0.7 | -0.1
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 321 | 183,642
Total number of firms, 2007 | 378 | 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 | S | 27.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 76,751,828
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 42,438 | 45,863,865
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 16,086 | 34,538,332
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,433 | $12,444
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,541 | 4,192,347
Building permits, 2011 | 0 | 5,386
Geography QuickFacts | Ness County | Kansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,074.75 | 81,758.72
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2.9 | 34.9
FIPS Code | 135 | 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