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Dodge City city, Ford County, KS

27,613 Population
15 square miles 1,839.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ford County: 32.3 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,944 ±$1,492 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ford County: $29,834 ±$1,176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,721 ±$7,051 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ford County: $70,781 ±$6,473
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.6% ±2.7% (3,922  ±727) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Ford County: 14% † 4,622 (±2.3% / ±755)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.6 minutes ±0.8 (150,630  ±11,694) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ford County: 12.7 203,210 (±0.7 / ±13,294)
  • 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

9,104 ±261 Number of households
  • Ford County: 11,796 ±245
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.1 (26,966  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ford County: 2.8 33,350 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±3% (373  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ford County: 6.3% † 472 (±2.7% / ±199)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,782 ±216 Number of housing units
  • Ford County: 12,743 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,700 ±$16,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ford County: $151,100 ±$13,824
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.5% ±3.6% (5,059  ±978.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ford County: 16.1% † 5,402 (±2.9% / ±978.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.6% ±5% (11,821  ±816) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ford County: 76.5% 15,497 (±4.3% / ±879)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±2.6% (3,173  ±421.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ford County: 20.7% † 4,188 (±2.2% / ±444.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths of 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

28.5% ±2.9% (7,879  ±804) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ford County: 25.1% 8,537
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.5% ±0.8% (465  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ford County: 3.9% † 924 (±0.9% / ±208)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
465 Total veterans ±160 447 Male ±157 18 Female ±25

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