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Riley County, KS

71,108 Population
609.7 square miles 116.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$35,162 ±$3,828 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $37,919 ±$489
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$53,043 ±$5,050 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $68,925 ±$1,152
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

22.7% ±4.2% (13,851  ±2,566) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 12% 342,670 (±0.5% / ±15,052)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

14.6 minutes ±1.4 (502,985  ±61,125) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,078,580 (±0.3 / ±485,035)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

27,884 ±1,072 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,175,294 ±6,195
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.2 ±0.1 (60,658  ±201) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,850,661
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

2.4% ±1.6% (482  ±325) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,787 (±0.4% / ±2,815)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

30,776 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,292,571 ±329
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$217,900 ±$24,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $206,600 ±$3,283
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

22.6% ±4.6% (15,945  ±3,221.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.7% 425,989 (±0.5% / ±14,431)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

96% ±8% (34,778  ±3,020.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92.1% 1,790,710 (±1% / ±19,380)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
46.8% ±5.4% (16,944  ±2,003.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 692,543 (±0.6% / ±11,883.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

5.9% (4,211  ±992) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,583
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7.5% ±2.2% (3,973  ±1,179) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 154,678 (±0.2% / ±4,879)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
3,973 Total veterans ±1,179 3,125 Male ±1,077 848 Female ±452

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