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Jefferson County, KS

18,349 Population
532.6 square miles 34.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±0.3 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

$41,568 ±$2,186 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,278 ±$4,961 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.6% ±1.4% (1,023  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.1 minutes ±1.7 (245,695  ±17,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,412 ±177 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (18,155  ±6) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±2.5% (201  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,038 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$216,900 ±$9,772 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±1.6% (1,469  ±285.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±4.3% (12,359  ±562) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
24.6% ±2.2% (3,223  ±291.4) 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% (179  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±1% (1,120  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,120 Total veterans ±148 1,081 Male ±140 39 Female ±29

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