Abilene, Kansas Demographics

Abilene is 3rd in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Abilene is 5th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Race - White

Abilene is 7th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Abilene is 12th in Kansas out of 55 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Abilene is 14th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Female residents

Abilene is 20th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Abilene	Rank	Kansas	US
Current population (2012)	6,771	50th	2,885,905	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.7	49th	81,758.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,463.6	35th	34.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Abilene	Rank	Kansas	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	46th	7.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	34th	25.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.2%	3rd	13.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Abilene	Rank	Kansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.6%	29th	89.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.6%	35th	29.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Abilene	Rank	Kansas	US
Race - White	94.9%	5th	87.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	52nd	6.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	55th	1.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	59th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	57th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	49th	2.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	44th	11.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.7%	7th	77.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Abilene	Rank	Kansas	US
Female residents	52.0%	14th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	60th	6.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Abilene	Rank	Kansas	US
Housing units	3,143	46th	1,237,651	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.5%	29th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	2,684	46th	1,104,479	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.8%	20th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$108,800	31st	$125,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	28th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Abilene	Rank	Kansas	US
Income per capita	$23,703	32nd	$26,545	$27,915
Income per household	$49,925	26th	$50,594	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.7%	40th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Abilene	Rank	Kansas	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	832	39th	237,040	27,092,908
Retail sales	$122,441	41st	$34,538,332	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,522	12th	$12,444	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,660	38th	$4,192,347	$613,795,732