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Douglas County, KS

120,553 Population
455.8 square miles 264.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,427 ±$2,617 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$66,997 ±$6,079 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.7% ±2.7% (15,391  ±3,022) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.2 minutes ±0.9 (1,172,220  ±56,846) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

51,013 ±1,347 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (112,363  ±312) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 † 2,853,521 (±,467.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

3.2% ±1.7% (1,091  ±593) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

54,095 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$305,600 ±$18,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

24.3% ±3.5% (29,081  ±4,213.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

95.8% ±5.9% (70,313  ±4,484.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
53.3% ±4.4% (39,095  ±3,286.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

5.7% ±26,162.6% (6,844  ±1,542) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% † 207,421 (±1,332.7% / ±6,739)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

3.6% ±0.9% (3,560  ±908) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,560 Total veterans ±908 3,324 Male ±836 236 Female ±241

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