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Shawnee County, KS

177,942 Population
544 square miles 327.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,686 ±$2,008 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$71,634 ±$5,407 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.4% ±2.5% (21,446  ±4,254) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.8 minutes ±1.6 (1,518,955  ±140,886) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 20 26,791,260 (±0.3 / ±510,391)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

78,584 ±1,015 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (172,928  ±191) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.8% ±2.7% (2,668  ±1,069) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

81,489 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$212,400 ±$12,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.6% ±1.9% (18,569  ±3,357.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93% ±4.1% (116,093  ±5,130.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.8% ±2.2% (37,173  ±2,700.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.6% (6,429  ±1,290) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.5% ±1.1% (10,317  ±1,572) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,317 Total veterans ±1,572 8,933 Male ±1,431 1,384 Female ±700

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