People QuickFacts	Topeka	Kansas
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	128,188	2,870,386
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	127,473	2,853,116
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	127,473	2,853,118
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.5%	7.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.4%	25.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.3%	13.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.2%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	76.2%	83.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	11.3%	5.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.4%	1.0%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.3%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.9%	3.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	13.4%	10.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	69.7%	78.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	79.5%	82.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	5.5%	6.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.1%	10.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.4%	89.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	27.7%	29.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	11,384	222,477
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	17.0	18.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	59,582	1,233,215
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	58.5%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	27.2%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$95,600	$125,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	54,409	1,104,479
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.27	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,803	$26,545
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$40,362	$50,594
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	18.9%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Topeka	Kansas
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	8,897	237,040
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.6%	2.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.7%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.2%	2.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.3%	2.4%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	32.0%	27.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,658,110	76,751,828
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	571,388	45,863,865
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,136,564	34,538,332
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$17,383	$12,444
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	4,192,347

   	Geography QuickFacts	Topeka	Kansas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	60.17	81,758.72
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,118.6	34.9
 	FIPS Code    	71000	20
 	Counties    	Shawnee 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