Demographics

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• 3rd fastest growing county in the state
• 5 varied communities
• 8 school districts
• 18th largest county in the state
• 30,000+ residents

2006 Population Estimates

	Miami County	Fontana	Louisburg	Osawatomie	Paola	Spring Hill*
Total Population	30,900	208	3,598	4,588	5,339	4,822
* Includes Johnson and Miami Counties
Source: Certified to the Secretary of State by Division of the Budget as of July 1, 2007

Miami County Retail Shopping Analysis

The Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University conducted a 2008 telephone survey to investigate Miami County residents’ shopping attitudes and behaviors. The survey was designed to:

• Determine the extent and type of retail purchases in Miami by those who live in Miami County.
• Determine reasons for not shopping in Miami County among Miami County residents.
• Ascertain the types of products and establishments most desired for Miami County among the County residents.
• Determine out-of-county shopping-associated activities.
• Determine extent to which those who reside in but work outside Miami County make their purchases out of County as a matter of convenience and/or perceived cost savings.

Click here to view the Miami County Shopping Report (pdf format)

Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights for Miami County and its cities:

	Miami County	Fontana	Louisburg	Osawatomie	Paola	Spring Hill
Total Population	28,351	149	2,576	4,645	5,011	2,727
Male	49.5%	44.3%	47.5%	47.5%	47.1%	49.7%
Female	50.5%	55.7%	52.5%	52.5%	52.9%	50.3%
Median age (years)	36.6	43.3	34.3	34.1	35.2	31.3
Under 5 years	6.9%	3.4%	8.1%	8.3%	7.6%	9.5%
18 years and over	72.1%	79.2%	72.0%	72.8%	71.9%	68.1%
65 years and over	11.9%	18.1%	14.7%	14.3%	15.6%	8.4%
One Race	98.6%	98.7%	99.1%	97.8%	98.5%	98.8%
White	96.0%	97.3%	98.2%	92.2%	93.4%	96.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%	0.3%	4.2%	3.6%	0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.5%	0.7%	0.8%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.8%	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.3%	0.9%	2.2%	1.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1.6%	2.0%	1.0%	2.5%	2.1%	2.8%
Household population	97.4%	100.0%	95.4%	92.7%	94.3%	98.4%
Group quarters popluation	2.6%	0.0%	4.6%	7.3%	5.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.44	2.6	2.42	2.45	2.76
Average family size	3.09	2.72	3.09	3.03	3.08	3.17
Total housing units	10,984	67	1,026	1,947	2,009	1,014
Occupied housing units	94.4%	91.0%	92.2%	91.5%	95.9%	96.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	78.6%	85.2%	74.6%	61.4%	62.5%	60.4%
Renter-occupied housing units	21.4%	14.8%	25.4%	38.6%	37.5%	30.6%
Vacant housing units	5.6%	9.0%	7.8%	8.5%	4.1%	4.0%
Population 25 years and over	18,444	104	1,632	2,974	3,190	1,677
High school graduate or higher	87.5%	72.1%	88.8%	78.2%	86.9%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	0.0%	18.9%	12.1%	20.6%	13.1%
Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over)	13.7%	13.8%	14.1%	11.9%	14.6%	14.7%
Disability status (population 5 years and over)	17.3%	30.1%	12.2%	27.3%	23.3%	11.4%
Foreign born	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.9%	0.1%
Male, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)	66.0%	80.0%	61.5%	60.0%	60.8%	60.7%
Female, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)	62.4%	53.8%	56.3%	48.6%	33.1%	58.9%
Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over)	2.4%	0.0%	0.6%	0.6%	4.3%	1.8%
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	69.2%	61.8%	69.8%	58.1%	62.6%	73.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over)	28.6	28.7	24.4	25.2	23.4	22.8
Median household income in 1999 (dollars)	$46,665	$29,375	$46,500	$29,104	$37,285	$45,052
Median family income in 1999 (dollars)	$55,830	$32,083	$51,729	$37,172	$50,804	$54,375
Per capita income in 1999 (dollars)	$21,408	$13,484	$21,560	$15,353	$22,191	$19,642
Families below poverty level	3.6%	5.4%	2.8%	10.9%	4.4%	3.5%
Individuals below poverty level	5.5%	12.7%	3.4%	12.9%	9.0%	4.7%
Single-family owner-occupied homes	4,945	29	628	888	1,132	649
Median value (dollars)	$106,300	$62,500	$106,300	$52,400	$87,100	$100,100
Median of selected monthly owner costs
With a mortgage (dollars)	$959	$650	$972	$729	$804	$881
Not mortgaged (dollars)	$307	$180	$294	$297	$332	$313
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 1 (SF 1) and Summary File 3 (SF 3)

Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights for Miami County in comparison to others:

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