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Meade County, KS

4,120 Population
978.1 square miles 4.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,774 ±$2,736 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$56,817 ±$3,023 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

8.7% ±2.8% (348  ±110) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

15.4 minutes ±2.2 (28,805  ±4,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,715 ±75 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.3 ±0.1 (4,002  ±67) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

12.6% ±5.1% (114  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,978 ±67 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$101,800 ±$15,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

16.1% ±4.4% (657  ±179.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

82% ±6.3% (2,174  ±177.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
21.1% ±3.3% (560  ±88.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

11% ±2.3% (455  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

6.3% ±1.8% (194  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
194 Total veterans ±54 194 Male ±54 N/A Female ±11

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