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Cherokee County, KS

19,151 Population
587.6 square miles 32.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,963 ±$1,839 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,668 ±$6,110 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±2.6% (2,668  ±498) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±1.2 (169,405  ±13,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,887 ±231 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (18,933  ±12) 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

8.2% ±2.8% (328  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,129 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$100,100 ±$8,948 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±1.9% (1,671  ±365) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.5% ±4.9% (11,919  ±663.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±2.4% (2,588  ±321.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half 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

1.3% (255  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.3% (929  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
929 Total veterans ±185 864 Male ±180 65 Female ±43

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