People QuickFacts	Stanton County	Kansas
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	2,175	2,885,905
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	2,235	2,853,116
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-2.7%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	2,235	2,853,118
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	8.5%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	28.9%	25.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.0%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	48.4%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	95.5%	87.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.7%	6.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.0%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.2%	2.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.4%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	38.5%	10.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	58.9%	77.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.3%	82.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	21.6%	6.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	34.4%	10.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	73.1%	89.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.5%	29.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	103	222,477
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	10.4	18.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	983	1,237,651
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	77.9%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	3.6%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$81,500	$125,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	765	1,104,479
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.81	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,412	$26,545
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$49,152	$50,594
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	4.6%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Stanton County	Kansas
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	69	74,301
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	444	1,127,160
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	5.5	-0.1
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	164	183,642 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	167	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)    	D	45,863,865
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	16,449	34,538,332
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,701	$12,444
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	813	4,192,347
 	Building permits, 2011     	0	5,386

   	Geography QuickFacts	Stanton County	Kansas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	680.35	81,758.72
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3.3	34.9
 	FIPS Code    	187	20
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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