People QuickFacts Johnson County Kansas Population, 2012 estimate 559,913 2,885,905 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 544,179 2,853,116 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.9% 1.1% Population, 2010 544,179 2,853,118 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.0% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.0% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.2% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.1% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 88.2% 87.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.7% 6.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.3% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.2% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 7.3% 10.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 81.6% 77.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.9% 82.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.1% 6.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.2% 10.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 95.6% 89.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 51.3% 29.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 34,863 222,477 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.4 18.9  Housing units, 2011 229,051 1,237,651 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 71.6% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 22.7% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $211,800 $125,500 Households, 2007-2011 212,587 1,104,479 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.51 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $38,428 $26,545 Median household income, 2007-2011 $74,761 $50,594 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 5.9% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Johnson County Kansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 16,871 73,598 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 296,871 1,113,423 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.9% -1.2% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 44,380 183,642  Total number of firms, 2007 57,046 237,040 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 2.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.3% 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.9% 2.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.3% 27.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 7,847,699 76,751,828 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 16,252,012 45,863,865 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,255,321 34,538,332 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $17,598 $12,444 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,082,977 4,192,347 Building permits, 2012 1,665 6,252     Geography QuickFacts Johnson County Kansas Land area in square miles, 2010 473.38 81,758.72 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,149.6 34.9 FIPS Code 091 20 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Kansas City, MO-KS Metro 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