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People QuickFacts |
Riley County |
Kansas |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
71,069 | 2,802,134 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
12.9% | 4.2% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
62,954 | 2,688,816 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
6.9% | 7.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
20.6% | 25.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
7.9% | 13.1% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
47.3% | 50.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
86.7% | 88.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
7.0% | 6.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.7% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
3.5% | 2.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
2.0% | 1.8% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
5.1% | 9.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
82.3% | 80.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
30.9% | 52.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
6.1% | 5.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
9.7% | 8.7% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
93.8% | 86.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
40.5% | 25.8% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
5,710 | 429,687 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
14.9 | 19.0 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
26,590 | 1,226,859 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
47.2% | 69.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
37.1% | 17.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$93,700 | $83,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
22,137 | 1,037,891 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.42 | 2.51 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$38,864 | $47,341 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,349 | $20,506 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
19.0% | 11.2% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Riley County |
Kansas |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
1,579 | 77,1571 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
21,759 | 1,169,0991 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
10.7% | 3.6%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
2,705 | 183,555 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,796 | 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 |
25.5% | 27.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 50,897,796 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
148,719 | 44,117,100 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
584,993 | 26,505,396 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$9,419 | $9,770 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
90,589 | 3,196,947 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
506 | 8,188 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
438,462 | 25,128,9891 |
