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Ford County, KS

34,212 Population
1,098.3 square miles 31.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,502 ±$1,573 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$67,997 ±$6,667 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

11.9% ±2.5% (3,959  ±833) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

12.9 minutes ±0.7 (213,815  ±13,554) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

11,676 ±230 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.9 ±0.1 (33,526  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

6.2% ±1.8% (474  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

12,568 ±29 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$121,500 ±$14,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

17.2% ±3.6% (5,798  ±1,197.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

77.2% ±4.5% (15,787  ±,913.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
19.8% ±2.5% (4,044  ±,512.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

22.8% (7,785  ±698) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

3.6% ±0.7% (860  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
860 Total veterans ±178 788 Male ±167 72 Female ±52

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