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McPherson County, KS

30,130 Population
898.3 square miles 33.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,857 ±$1,267 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$77,701 ±$3,510 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

9.1% ±2% (2,579  ±560) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

14.5 minutes ±0.7 (214,195  ±12,877) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters 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

12,151 ±239 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (28,288  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.8% ±1.6% (321  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

13,128 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$198,400 ±$9,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.8% ±2% (4,422  ±605.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.3% ±4.3% (18,496  ±866.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
33.1% ±2.8% (6,628  ±551.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)
  • a little less 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

2.9% (886  ±189) 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

5.1% ±0.8% (1,189  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,189 Total veterans ±184 1,122 Male ±178 67 Female ±44

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