People QuickFacts Linn County Kansas Population, 2012 estimate 9,441 2,885,905 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 9,656 2,853,116 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -2.2% 1.1% Population, 2010 9,656 2,853,118 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.4% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.0% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 19.6% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.1% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.8% 87.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 6.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 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) 2.1% 10.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 94.8% 77.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.2% 82.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.9% 6.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.9% 10.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.0% 89.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.9% 29.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 993 222,477 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 32.4 18.9  Housing units, 2011 5,499 1,237,651 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 82.2% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 3.5% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $98,100 $125,500 Households, 2007-2011 4,323 1,104,479 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.21 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,329 $26,545 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,408 $50,594 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.9% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Linn County Kansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 179 74,301 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,152 1,127,160 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -16.6 -0.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 690 183,642  Total number of firms, 2007 642 237,040 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 F 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 S 27.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 76,751,828 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,347 45,863,865 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,786 34,538,332 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,981 $12,444 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,271 4,192,347 Building permits, 2011 17 5,386     Geography QuickFacts Linn County Kansas Land area in square miles, 2010 594.06 81,758.72 Persons per square mile, 2010 16.3 34.9 FIPS Code 107 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