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People QuickFacts | Chase County | Kansas
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 2,893,957
Population, 2012 estimate | 2,757 | 2,885,398
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 2,790 | 2,853,116
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 1.4%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.2% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 2,790 | 2,853,118
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.7% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 21.4% | 25.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 21.8% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 48.9% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 96.1% | 87.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.3% | 6.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.0% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.5% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 3.6% | 11.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 92.7% | 77.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 81.2% | 83.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.6% | 6.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 4.3% | 10.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 89.7% | 89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 21.2% | 30.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 283 | 218,511
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 20.8 | 18.9
Housing units, 2012 | 1,498 | 1,238,719
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 75.8% | 68.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.0% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $80,300 | $127,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 1,117 | 1,109,391
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.37 | 2.5
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $21,465 | $26,845
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $36,434 | $51,273
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.7% | 13.2%
Business QuickFacts | Chase County | Kansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 73 | 73,598
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 410 | 1,113,423
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -9.9% | -1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 242 | 186,495
Total number of firms, 2007 | 329 | 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) | D | 45,863,865
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 10,868 | 34,538,332
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $3,815 | $12,444
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,283 | 4,192,347
Building permits, 2012 | 1 | 6,252
Geography QuickFacts | Chase County | Kansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 773.06 | 81,758.72
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 3.6 | 34.9
FIPS Code | 17 | 20
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Emporia, 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