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Rooks County, KS

4,869 Population
890.5 square miles 5.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,675 ±$2,528 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
$61,596 ±$3,161 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

5.3% ±1.5% (247  ±70) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

13.6 minutes ±1.6 (30,785  ±4,009) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds 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

2,142 ±89 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (4,654  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.3% ±3.1% (29  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,643 ±30 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$90,000 ±$10,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

13% ±3.7% (629  ±179.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.2% ±6% (3,293  ±223.4) 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)
24% ±3.3% (858  ±117.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)
  • about two-thirds of 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

0.5% (23  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.8% ±1.9% (299  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
299 Total veterans ±72 293 Male ±72 6 Female ±6

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