People Facts Overland Park Kansas
Population, 2003 estimate 160,368 2,723,507
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 7.3% 1.3%
Population, 2000 149,080 2,688,418
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 33.3% 8.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.1% 7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.2% 26.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 11.4% 13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.6% 50.6%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 90.6% 86.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.5% 5.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 3.8% 1.7%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.2% 3.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.4% 2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 3.8% 7.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 47.8% 52.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 7.4% 5.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 10.1% 8.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 95.8% 86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 52.1% 25.8%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 19.5 19.0
 
Housing units, 2000 62,586 1,131,200
Homeownership rate, 2000 68.3% 69.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $162,800 $83,500
 
Households, 2000 59,703 1,037,891
Persons per household, 2000 2.47 2.51
Median household income, 1999 $62,116 $40,624
Per capita money income, 1999 $32,069 $20,506
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 3.2% 9.9%
    Business Facts
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) 12,533,407 42,209,864
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,208,676 22,571,918
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $16,375 $8,627
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) 316,733 2,685,732
Total number of firms, 1997 15,876 213,392
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 5.0% 5.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 29.9% 25.6%
    Geography Facts
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 57 81,815
Persons per square mile, 2000 2,627.0 32.9
Counties Johnson County