People QuickFacts Wilson County Kansas
Population, 2014 estimate 9,028 2,904,021
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 9,409 2,853,132
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 -4.00% 1.80%
Population, 2010 9,409 2,853,118
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2014 5.80% 6.90%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2014 23.90% 24.90%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2014 20.10% 14.30%
Female persons, percent, 2014 50.60% 50.20%
     
White alone, percent, 2014 (a) 94.60% 86.80%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2014 (a) 0.50% 6.30%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2014 (a) 1.50% 1.20%
Asian alone, percent, 2014 (a) 0.70% 2.80%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2014 (a) 0.10% 0.10%
Two or More Races, percent, 2014 2.50% 2.80%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2014 (b) 2.80% 11.40%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2014 92.30% 76.80%
     
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 81.70% 83.20%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 1.10% 6.70%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 2.10% 11.00%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 81.90% 89.80%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 13.00% 30.30%
Veterans, 2009-2013 753 211,113
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 16.4 19
     
Housing units, 2014 4,652 1,248,813
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 75.00% 67.50%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 6.20% 17.70%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 $63,200 $128,400
Households, 2009-2013 3,791 1,110,440
Persons per household, 2009-2013 2.4 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 $19,929 $26,929
Median household income, 2009-2013 $38,917 $51,332
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 17.80% 13.70%
     
Business QuickFacts Wilson County Kansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2013 245 738,161
Private nonfarm employment, 2013 3,374 11,504,011
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2012-2013 -2.30% 1.4%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2013 599 190,838
     
Total number of firms, 2007 S 237,040
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.40%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.90%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.00%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.40%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 27.50%
     
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 76,751,828
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 45,863,865
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 54,160 34,538,332
Retail sales per capita, 2007 $5,539 $12,444
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,805 4,192,347
Building permits, 2014 3 7,459
     
Geography QuickFacts Wilson County Kansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 570.42 81,758.72
Persons per square mile, 2010 16.5 34.9
FIPS Code 205 20
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None  
     
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.    
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.    
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information    
F: Fewer than 25 firms    
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data    
NA: Not available    
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards    
X: Not applicable    
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown    

Source: U.S. Census Bureau's QuickFacts