People QuickFacts Ottawa Kansas Population, 2011 estimate 12,620 2,870,386 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 12,651 2,853,116 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.2% 0.6% Population, 2010 12,649 2,853,118 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.3% 7.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.0% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.2% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.5% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 91.0% 83.8% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.2% 5.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.9% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.9% 3.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 5.0% 10.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 88.7% 78.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 78.1% 82.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.4% 6.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.0% 10.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.0% 89.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 20.6% 29.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 849 222,477 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.8 18.9  Housing units, 2010 5,518 1,233,215 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 59.8% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.2% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $108,800 $125,500 Households, 2007-2011 5,199 1,104,479 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.35 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,499 $26,545 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,161 $50,594 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.7% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Ottawa Kansas Total number of firms, 2007 1,075 237,040 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 S 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) 367,936 76,751,828 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 45,863,865 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 196,873 34,538,332 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,328 $12,444 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 25,820 4,192,347     Geography QuickFacts Ottawa Kansas Land area in square miles, 2010 9.33 81,758.72 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,356.5 34.9 FIPS Code 53550 20 Counties Franklin 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