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Ottawa County, KS

5,819 Population
720.7 square miles 8.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 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

$36,666 ±$2,325 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,018 ±$12,077 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±2.6% (592  ±146) 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)

23.8 minutes ±2.5 (62,165  ±7,238) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,408 ±82 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (5,717  ±5) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±3.3% (73  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,693 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,000 ±$8,615 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.8% ±3.5% (626  ±202) 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

94.9% ±6% (3,846  ±248.4) 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)
27.7% ±3.6% (1,124  ±144.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.7% (39  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.2% (303  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
303 Total veterans ±55 293 Male ±55 10 Female ±10

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