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Thomas County, KS

7,913 Population
1,074.7 square miles 7.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$39,637 ±$4,743 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$73,575 ±$7,825 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

6.9% ±2.7% (516  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

11.4 minutes ±1.3 (43,740  ±5,741) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,101 ±166 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (7,486  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.9% ±3.2% (106  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,580 ±18 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$165,900 ±$15,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

16.2% ±4.9% (1,259  ±378.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.5% ±8.9% (4,613  ±444.4) 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)
30.3% ±5% (1,493  ±249.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)
  • about 90 percent 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

4.3% (343  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.5% ±2% (327  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
327 Total veterans ±119 302 Male ±119 25 Female ±29

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