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Thomas County, KS

7,885 Population
1,074.7 square miles 7.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,446 ±$4,575 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,325 ±$9,792 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±2.9% (485  ±219) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.7 minutes ±1.3 (46,080  ±6,027) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,139 ±161 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (7,469  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±3% (104  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,575 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$172,700 ±$16,455 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±3.3% (986  ±258.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±8.5% (4,685  ±435.9) 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)
34.6% ±5.1% (1,702  ±255.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • a little less than 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

4.2% (327  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.8% ±1.4% (169  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
169 Total veterans ±81 149 Male ±75 20 Female ±25

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