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People QuickFacts |
Sheridan County |
Kansas |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
2,510 | 2,802,134 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-10.8% | 4.2% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
2,813 | 2,688,816 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
5.4% | 7.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
19.6% | 25.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
23.2% | 13.1% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
50.7% | 50.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
98.9% | 88.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 6.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.1% | 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 |
0.4% | 1.8% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
1.9% | 9.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
97.3% | 80.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
72.6% | 52.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
0.4% | 5.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
2.3% | 8.7% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
87.8% | 86.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
15.9% | 25.8% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
364 | 429,687 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
12.8 | 19.0 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
1,301 | 1,226,859 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
82.3% | 69.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
3.7% | 17.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$56,000 | $83,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
1,124 | 1,037,891 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.46 | 2.51 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$39,157 | $47,341 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,299 | $20,506 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
12.6% | 11.2% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Sheridan County |
Kansas |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
106 | 77,1571 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
611 | 1,169,0991 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
1.3% | 3.6%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
249 | 183,555 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
312 | 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 |
S | 27.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 50,897,796 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
48,651 | 44,117,100 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
15,619 | 26,505,396 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$5,845 | $9,770 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 3,196,947 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
0 | 8,188 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
40,883 | 25,128,9891 |
