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Cherokee County, KS

19,236 Population
587.6 square miles 32.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,180 ±$1,483 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$58,274 ±$5,229 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.1% ±2.4% (2,476  ±462) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.5 minutes ±1.2 (176,330  ±12,568) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,727 ±202 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (19,012  ±12) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.8% ±2.6% (268  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,140 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$99,400 ±$8,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.6% ±2.9% (2,011  ±559.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.9% ±5% (12,144  ±674.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
20.1% ±2.4% (2,688  ±324.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% (283  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.3% ±1.3% (932  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
932 Total veterans ±191 890 Male ±185 42 Female ±31

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