Census figures paint detailed picture of Marion County
Up by 62. That's the population count in Marion County for 2001, as compared to 2000's decennial census, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The county population rose from 13,361 in 2000 to 13,423 the following year, according to recently released census figures.
This growth represented a .5 percent increase in the county, compared to a .2 percent population growth in the entire state of Kansas, to 2,694,641 in 2001.
From 1990 to 2000, however, the state population grew by 8.5 percent and Marion County's by just 3.7 percent.
Seven percent of the state's people, and 5.5 percent of Marion County's, were under 5 years of age in 2000.
Those under 18 numbered 26.5 percent in the state, 24.8 percent in this county, pretty well gibing.
People 65 and older made up 13.3 percent of Kansas' populace in 2000, but constituted 21.1 percent of those in Marion County.
Females outnumber males in Kansas, with 50.6 percent of the population. In Marion County, 51.3 percent are female, 48.7 male.
Whites make up 86.1 percent of Kansas' population, 97.1 percent in Marion County.
African Americans constitute 5.7 percent of Kansas' people, but only half of 1 percent in Marion County.
American Indian or Alaska native people make up .9 percent of Kansans, but just two thirds of that proportion, .6 percent, in Marion County.
Only 1.7 percent of Kansans list themselves as Asian, and only two-tenths of 1 percent in this county.
People reporting themselves to be of some other race make up 3.4 percent of Kansans, but only half of 1 percent of Marion Countians.
People reporting they are of two or more races constitute 2.1 percent of the Kansas total, but only 1.1 percent in Marion County.
The Hispanic or Latino population in Kansas is registered at 7 percent in 2000, but just 1.9 percent in Marion County.
Whites make up 96 percent of the populace in Marion County, but only 83.1 percent statewide.
The percentage of people 5 years old and older living in the same house in both 1995 and in 2000 was 58.6 in Marion County, 52.4 percent for the state as a whole.
One of 20 Kansans (5 percent) in 2000 was foreign born, but only 1.1 percent of countians listed themselves in this category.
Those 5 and older who reported a language other than English was spoken at home constituted 8.7 percent of the general Kansas population, 6.3 percent in Marion County.
The percentage of people 25 and older who were high school graduates was 86 statewide, 84.4 in this county.
Those 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or further education were 17.9 percent in Marion County, but the state percentage, at 25.8, was almost half again as high.
People reporting a disability numbered 2,477 in the county, 429,687 statewide.
The mean travel time to work for those with jobs 16 and older was 20.1 minutes here, 19 minutes statewide.
There were 5,882 housing units in this county in 2000, and 1,131,200 in the state.
Home ownership rate in Marion County was significantly higher than for the state, at 79.9 percent compared to 69.2 percent overall.
This went with the statistic showing that most Marion Countians do not live in apartment houses or complexes: Only 7.6 percent lived in multi-unit structures here, compared to 17.5 percent of all Kansans.
The median value of owner-occupied homes in 2000 was $52,300 in Marion County, $83,500 statewide, perhaps reflecting older homes here and a disparity between valuations in rural and urban areas.
The number of households was 5,114 in the county, 1,037,891 in the state. The county was "right on average" in people per household, at 2.46, with the state figure at 2.51.
Median household money income for 1999 was listed at $40,624 statewide, $34,500 in Marion County.
Per-person income was $16,100 in this county, $20,506 for the state as a whole.
People below the poverty level, however, totaled 8.3 percent in Marion County, 9.9 percent statewide.
Business stats
Private nonfarm establishments in the county totaled 340, compared to 74,486 in the state.
Private nonfarm employment totaled 3,057 in the county, 1,111,887 in the entire state.
Private nonfarm employment was up by 6.1 percent in Marion County in the decade from 1990 to 1999. In the state as a whole, it was up 24.4 percent.
Nonemployer establishments totaled 905 in the county, 155,052 in the state.
Manufacturers' shipments for 1997 were not available for the county, but for the state totalled about $46.3 billion.
Retail sales in this county totaled $97,292,000 in 1997, or $7,095 per person. In the state, the total was nearly $22.6 billion, or $8,627 per capita.
Minority-owned firms totaled fewer than 100 in Marion County, 5.5 percent in the state.
Firms owned by women totaled 13.4 percent in Marion County in 1997, 25.6 percent in the state as a whole.
Housing units authorized by building permits numbered 52 in 2000, compared to 12,542 in the state.
Various units and organizations in this county received $94,156,000 in federal funds and grants in 2001. In the state as a whole the figure was $16.7 billion.
Local government employment totaled 566 in Marion County, 118,302 in Kansas.
Marion County has 943 square miles, Kansas 81,815. There are 14.2 people per square mile in this county, 32.9 per square mile on average in the state as a whole.
Source: Marion County QuickFacts from the U.S. Census Bureau
