People QuickFacts	Merriam	Kansas
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	11,174	2,885,905
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	11,003	2,853,116
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.6%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	11,003	2,853,118
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.4%	7.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.1%	25.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.9%	13.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.2%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	83.4%	83.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	6.1%	5.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	1.0%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.6%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.6%	3.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	10.7%	10.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	78.1%	78.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.4%	82.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	8.2%	6.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	14.8%	10.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.1%	89.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	33.9%	29.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	797	222,477
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.4	18.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	5,224	1,233,215
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	64.0%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	31.3%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$157,500	$125,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,887	1,104,479
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.24	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,576	$26,545
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$52,668	$50,594
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.1%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Merriam	Kansas
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,461	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    	20.9%	27.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	76,751,828
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	45,863,865
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	679,275	34,538,332
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$62,884	$12,444
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	23,864	4,192,347

   	Geography QuickFacts	Merriam	Kansas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4.32	81,758.72
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,549.4	34.9
 	FIPS Code    	46000	20
 	Counties    	Johnson County
 	

(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