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Arkansas City, KS Urban Area

11,745 Population
6.8 square miles 1,719.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,623 ±$1,721 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$53,739 ±$6,072 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17.4% ±3.7% (1,937  ±418) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18.6 minutes ±2.3 (89,535  ±13,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,639 ±284 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.2 (11,059  ±328) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

13.7% ±3.5% (416  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,519 ±285 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$79,900 ±$5,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14% ±3.2% (1,606  ±371.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.6% ±6.3% (6,684  ±541.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.7% ±3.2% (1,324  ±242.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

8.6% ±2.3% (1,013  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.9% ±2.2% (779  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
779 Total veterans ±196 759 Male ±190 20 Female ±23

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