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Ellsworth County, KS

6,360 Population
715.6 square miles 8.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,244 ±$6,171 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,560 ±$4,418 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±2.4% (551  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.2 minutes ±1.7 (46,880  ±4,939) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,453 ±108 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (5,291  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.5% ±5.7% (105  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,127 ±19 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,900 ±$12,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±3.4% (665  ±214.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±6.4% (4,711  ±335) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.7% ±2.9% (1,137  ±145.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% (103  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±2.3% (456  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
456 Total veterans ±119 413 Male ±120 43 Female ±31

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