People QuickFacts Wyandotte County Kansas Population, 2012 estimate 159,129 2,885,905 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 157,505 2,853,116 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.0% 1.1% Population, 2010 157,505 2,853,118 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.7% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 28.3% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.7% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.6% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 67.6% 87.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 25.1% 6.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.7% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.0% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 26.7% 10.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 43.7% 77.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.9% 82.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 14.2% 6.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 23.6% 10.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 78.6% 89.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.2% 29.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 10,719 222,477 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.2 18.9  Housing units, 2011 66,539 1,237,651 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 62.9% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.8% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $97,000 $125,500 Households, 2007-2011 57,114 1,104,479 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.71 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,214 $26,545 Median household income, 2007-2011 $39,812 $50,594 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 21.9% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Wyandotte County Kansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,995 74,301 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 63,326 1,127,160 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 2.8 -0.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 6,979 183,642  Total number of firms, 2007 8,571 237,040 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.5% 2.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.2% 2.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.1% 27.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 7,634,498 76,751,828 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,127,478 45,863,865 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,710,043 34,538,332 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,154 $12,444 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 241,883 4,192,347 Building permits, 2011 81 5,386     Geography QuickFacts Wyandotte County Kansas Land area in square miles, 2010 151.60 81,758.72 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,039.0 34.9 FIPS Code 209 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