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Meade County, KS

3,903 Population
978.1 square miles 4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,251 ±$10,796 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,852 ±$6,233 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±3.6% (419  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±1.5 (28,320  ±3,333) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,502 ±102 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (3,822  ±167) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13.7% ±5.2% (103  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,898 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$148,900 ±$17,630 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±3.8% (529  ±145.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±7% (2,255  ±205.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.5% ±4.1% (674  ±107.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

11.4% ±2.4% (444  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±1.6% (111  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
111 Total veterans ±46 110 Male ±45 1 Female ±2

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