Elk County, KS Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Kansas



Elk County, Kansas

People QuickFactsElk CountyKansas
Population, 2005 estimate 3,0752,744,687
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -5.7%2.1%
Population, 2000 3,2612,688,418
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 4.3%6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 18.7%24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 23.7%13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2005 52.1%50.3%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)97.1%89.4%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%5.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.0%0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.4%1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)2.6%8.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 95.2%81.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 67.0%52.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.7%5.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 2.7%8.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.0%86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.6%25.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 720429,687
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 34.019.0
Housing units, 2005 1,9281,196,211
Homeownership rate, 2000 81.1%69.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 3.7%17.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $24,700$83,500
Households, 2000 1,4121,037,891
Persons per household, 2000 2.252.51
Median household income, 2003 $27,654$43,113
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,066$20,506
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 14.9%10.4%
Business QuickFactsElk CountyKansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 7475,8271
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 3151,116,2771
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 10.9%-1.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 275174,635
Total number of firms, 2002 348219,378
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA27.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA50,897,796
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D44,117,100
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 6,74826,505,396
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $2,106$9,770
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 8583,196,947
Building permits, 2005 014,048
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 24,55519,130,6771
Geography QuickFactsElk CountyKansas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 64781,814
Persons per square mile, 2000 5.032.9
FIPS Code 04920
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None

1: Includes data not distributed by 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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:37 EST
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