People QuickFacts	Kansas	USA
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	2,871,238	311,591,917
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	2,853,118	308,745,538
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	2,853,118	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.1%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	25.2%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.3%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.3%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	87.4%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	6.1%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.2%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	2.5%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.7%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	10.8%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	77.8%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	82.2%	84.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	6.3%	12.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	10.5%	20.1%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	89.2%	85.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	29.3%	27.9%
 	Veterans, 2006-2010    	228,805	22,652,496
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	18.8	25.2 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	1,237,651	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	69.4%	66.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	17.4%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$122,600	$188,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	1,101,672	114,235,996
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.48	2.59
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$25,907	$27,334
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$49,424	$51,914
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	12.4%	13.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Kansas	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	74,301	7,396,628
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	1,127,160	111,970,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-0.1	-1.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	183,642	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	237,040	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.4%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.9%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.0%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.4%	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.5%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	76,751,828	5,338,306,501
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	45,863,865	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	34,538,332	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,444	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,192,347	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2011     	5,386	624,061

   	Geography QuickFacts	Kansas	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	81,758.72	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	34.9	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	20	 

(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