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Kansas

Ranked #20 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $99,090,000,000.00


Kansas Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 2,764,075 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 2.8% 6.4%
Population, 2000 2,688,418 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 7.0% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 25.2% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 12.9% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 50.4% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 89.1% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 6.0% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 1.0% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 2.2% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.7% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 8.6% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 81.1% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 52.4% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.0% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 8.7% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.0% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 25.8% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 429,687 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 19.0 25.5
Housing units, 2006 1,207,987 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 69.2% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 17.5% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $83,500 $119,600
Households, 2000 1,037,891 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.51 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $41,664 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $20,506 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 11.1% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts Kansas USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 76,1731 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 1,116,2161 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 -1.1%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 178,974 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 219,378 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.0% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.8% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.6% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.0% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.9% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 27.2% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 50,897,796 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 44,117,100 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 26,505,396 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,770 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 3,196,947 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 14,619 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 19,130,6771 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Kansas USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 81,814.88 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 32.9 79.6
FIPS Code 20