| People QuickFacts | Ford County | Kansas |
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Population, 2012 estimate | NA | 2,885,905 |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 34,568 | 2,870,386 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 33,848 | 2,853,116 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | NA | 1.1% |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 2.1% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 33,848 | 2,853,118 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 9.8% | 7.1% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 31.3% | 25.2% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 9.8% | 13.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 48.2% | 50.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 92.1% | 87.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.7% | 6.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.7% | 1.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.7% | 2.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.7% | 2.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 51.7% | 10.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 43.0% | 77.8% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.5% | 82.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.9% | 6.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 44.8% | 10.7% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 69.1% | 89.5% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 29.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,685 | 222,477 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 14.1 | 18.9 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 12,010 | 1,237,651 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 66.8% | 69.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.1% | 17.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $85,000 | $125,500 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 10,982 | 1,104,479 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.96 | 2.49 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,104 | $26,545 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $49,061 | $50,594 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.5% | 12.6% |
| Business QuickFacts | Ford County | Kansas |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 784 | 74,3011 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 15,505 | 1,127,1601 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 16.3 | -0.11 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,539 | 183,642 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,235 | 237,040 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.1% | 2.4% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.3% | 27.5% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 76,751,828 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 45,863,865 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 395,737 | 34,538,332 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,121 | $12,444 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 40,272 | 4,192,347 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 83 | 5,386 |