People QuickFacts	Barton County	Kansas
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	27,557	2,885,905
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	27,674	2,853,116
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.4%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	27,674	2,853,118
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.9%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.6%	25.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.9%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.8%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	95.4%	87.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.8%	6.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.8%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	2.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.5%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	13.9%	10.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	82.7%	77.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.6%	82.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.6%	6.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	11.8%	10.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.6%	89.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	19.6%	29.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,039	222,477
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.5	18.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	12,639	1,237,651
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	72.2%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	9.2%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$72,500	$125,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	11,241	1,104,479
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.41	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,639	$26,545
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,989	$50,594
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.7%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Barton County	Kansas
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	962	74,301
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	9,733	1,127,160
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-9.8	-0.1
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,179	183,642 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,046	237,040
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	18.8%	27.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	561,411	76,751,828
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	45,863,865
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	339,355	34,538,332
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,254	$12,444
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	35,379	4,192,347
 	Building permits, 2011     	9	5,386

   	Geography QuickFacts	Barton County	Kansas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	895.40	81,758.72
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	30.9	34.9
 	FIPS Code    	009	20
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Great Bend, 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