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Shawnee County, KS

177,746 Population
544 square miles 326.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,097 ±$1,429 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,512 ±$3,958 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.7% ±2.1% (21,993  ±3,703) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.1 minutes ±0.5 (1,378,925  ±43,124) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

73,980 ±1,583 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (172,896  ±81) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 † 2,853,521 (±,467.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.5% ±1.8% (2,129  ±703) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

81,377 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$183,200 ±$10,868 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.7% ±2.7% (24,097  ±4,755.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92.3% ±4% (113,006  ±4,991.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
31.8% ±2.5% (38,877  ±3,043.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

3.3% ±10,427.6% (5,930  ±1,600) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.1% † 207,421 (±1,332.7% / ±6,739)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

8.2% ±1.1% (11,231  ±1,483) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,231 Total veterans ±1,483 9,563 Male ±1,321 1,668 Female ±774

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