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Liberal, KS

19,107 Population
12 square miles 1,589.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 31 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,688 ±$2,466 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: $29,053 ±$2,188
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$61,875 ±$7,726 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: $62,269 † ±$6,466
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

14.2% ±4.2% (2,659  ±782) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 13% † 2,762 (±3.7% / ±782)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

16.1 minutes ±2.8 (139,630  ±25,235) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 16.5 † 163,665 (±2.4 / ±24,997)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

6,386 ±291 Number of households
  • the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 7,208 ±244
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.9 ±0.2 (18,744  ±477) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 3 21,277 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6.1% ±3.1% (270  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 6.3% † 317 (±2.9% / ±147)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

7,349 ±164 Number of housing units
  • the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 8,299 ±19
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$134,500 ±$15,724 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: $134,000 † ±$14,101
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

13% ±2.8% (2,427  ±525.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 12% † 2,543 (±2.4% / ±516.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

70.9% ±6.2% (7,870  ±727.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 72% 9,097 (±5.9% / ±758.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
10.6% ±2.4% (1,174  ±269) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 12.7% † 1,601 (±2.4% / ±300.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

29.1% ±2.8% (5,560  ±551) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 28.7% 6,208
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

2% ±0.7% (269  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Liberal, KS Micro Area: 2.2% † 330 (±0.7% / ±97)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
269 Total veterans ±98 259 Male ±96 10 Female ±13

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