People QuickFacts Riley County Kansas Population, 2012 estimate 75,508 2,885,905 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 71,115 2,853,116 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 6.2% 1.1% Population, 2010 71,115 2,853,118 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.6% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 18.1% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 7.3% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 47.7% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 85.0% 87.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.6% 6.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.2% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.2% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 7.0% 10.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 79.1% 77.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 73.0% 82.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.5% 6.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.5% 10.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 95.3% 89.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 45.6% 29.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 4,944 222,477 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.8 18.9  Housing units, 2011 28,820 1,237,651 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 43.8% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 38.9% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $164,500 $125,500 Households, 2007-2011 25,375 1,104,479 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.38 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,578 $26,545 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,427 $50,594 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.6% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Riley County Kansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,543 74,301 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 21,356 1,127,160 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 8.6 -0.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,764 183,642  Total number of firms, 2007 3,595 237,040 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 2.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.1% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.9% 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.7% 27.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 76,751,828 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 93,235 45,863,865 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 728,603 34,538,332 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,498 $12,444 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 125,435 4,192,347 Building permits, 2011 494 5,386     Geography QuickFacts Riley County Kansas Land area in square miles, 2010 609.77 81,758.72 Persons per square mile, 2010 116.6 34.9 FIPS Code 161 20 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Manhattan, 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