People QuickFacts Seward County Kansas Population, 2012 estimate 23,547 2,885,905 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 22,952 2,853,116 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.6% 1.1% Population, 2010 22,952 2,853,118 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 10.4% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 32.4% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 8.3% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.5% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 89.7% 87.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.9% 6.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.9% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 57.0% 10.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 35.4% 77.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.5% 82.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 30.9% 6.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 53.3% 10.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 64.8% 89.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.5% 29.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,054 222,477 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.6 18.9  Housing units, 2011 8,073 1,237,651 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.7% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 17.0% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $86,500 $125,500 Households, 2007-2011 7,426 1,104,479 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.00 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,514 $26,545 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,550 $50,594 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.2% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Seward County Kansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 591 74,301 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 9,532 1,127,160 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -3.1 -0.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,222 183,642  Total number of firms, 2007 1,640 237,040 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 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 S 2.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 19.2% 27.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 76,751,828 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 197,478 45,863,865 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 314,598 34,538,332 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,898 $12,444 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 32,249 4,192,347 Building permits, 2011 41 5,386     Geography QuickFacts Seward County Kansas Land area in square miles, 2010 639.50 81,758.72 Persons per square mile, 2010 35.9 34.9 FIPS Code 175 20 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Liberal, 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