| | People QuickFacts | Hays | Kansas |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 20,717 | 2,870,386 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 20,510 | 2,853,116 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.0% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 20,510 | 2,853,118 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.5% | 7.2% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 19.7% | 25.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 12.7% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.7% | 50.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 92.8% | 83.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.1% | 5.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.8% | 2.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.8% | 3.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 4.7% | 10.5% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 90.7% | 78.2% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 70.7% | 82.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.0% | 6.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.9% | 10.7% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 92.8% | 89.5% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 36.6% | 29.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,446 | 222,477 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 11.3 | 18.9 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 9,311 | 1,233,215 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 56.4% | 69.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 31.1% | 17.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $137,900 | $125,500 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 8,512 | 1,104,479 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.25 | 2.49 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,950 | $26,545 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,385 | $50,594 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.1% | 12.6% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Hays | Kansas |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,687 | 237,040 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.4% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.6% | 27.5% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 76,751,828 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 106,457 | 45,863,865 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 473,311 | 34,538,332 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $23,753 | $12,444 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 69,984 | 4,192,347 |