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Meade County, KS

4,295 Population
978.1 square miles 4.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$25,173 ±$1,665 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $29,600 ±$173
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$54,167 ±$2,579 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $55,477 ±$401
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

12.2% ±3.3% (507  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 12.8% 361,285 (±0.2% / ±6,825)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

15.4 minutes ±1.6 (28,900  ±3,631) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.2 25,964,155 (±0.1 / ±181,433)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

1,674 ±73 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,121,943 ±3,987
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.5 ±0.1 (4,171  ±72) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,823,480 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 312,916,765 (±0)

6.4% ±3% (58  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,414 (±0.2% / ±1,429)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

1,983 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,259,647 ±363
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$88,700 ±$8,126 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $139,200 ±$755
  • about half the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

13% ±3.4% (548  ±142.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 16.3% 467,094 (±0.3% / ±7,475.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

82.1% ±5.2% (2,263  ±154.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 90.5% 1,707,528 (±0.4% / ±7,062.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
20.7% ±2.9% (570  ±81.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 32.4% 610,346 (±0.2% / ±4,345)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 30.9% 66,887,603 (±0.1% / ±142,152.9)

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

10.2% ±2% (436  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 203,780 (±0.1% / ±2,782)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,028,127 (±0% / ±123,858)

6.3% ±1.3% (197  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 8.6% 185,292 (±0.1% / ±2,221)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
197 Total veterans ±40 193 Male ±40 4 Female ±4

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