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Ellis County, KS

28,870 Population
899.9 square miles 32.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,575 ±$4,808 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$59,889 ±$4,452 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

17.7% ±2.1% (4,873  ±585) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

13 minutes ±0.9 (199,255  ±15,328) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,186 ±271 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (27,336  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6% ±2.3% (452  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

13,247 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$211,100 ±$10,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

21.3% ±2.6% (6,072  ±750.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

95.3% ±4.6% (16,475  ±807.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
39.6% ±3.1% (6,838  ±533.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

2.8% (816  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.8% ±0.8% (873  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
873 Total veterans ±174 817 Male ±165 56 Female ±36

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