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People QuickFacts |
Meade County |
Kansas |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
4,561 | 2,764,075 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-1.5% | 2.8% |
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Population, 2000 |
4,631 | 2,688,418 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
6.4% | 7.0% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
27.6% | 25.2% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
17.1% | 12.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
50.1% | 50.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
97.6% | 89.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.4% | 6.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.7% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.3% | 2.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.0% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
1.0% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
12.9% | 8.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
85.1% | 81.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
58.0% | 52.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
8.9% | 5.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
14.4% | 8.7% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
80.3% | 86.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
19.6% | 25.8% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
667 | 429,687 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
17.7 | 19.0 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
1,990 | 1,207,987 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
74.4% | 69.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
4.4% | 17.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$52,900 | $83,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
1,728 | 1,037,891 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.61 | 2.51 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$37,903 | $41,664 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,824 | $20,506 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
9.5% | 11.1% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Meade County |
Kansas |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
133 | 76,1731 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
780 | 1,116,2161 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
-12.6% | -1.1%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
371 | 178,974 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
500 | 219,378 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 2.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.8% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.9% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
20.0% | 27.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 50,897,796 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
86,218 | 44,117,100 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
18,237 | 26,505,396 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$3,900 | $9,770 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,307 | 3,196,947 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
1 | 14,619 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
32,127 | 19,130,6771 |
