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Rush County, KS

2,883 Population
717.8 square miles 4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$34,123 ±$6,534 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $34,968 ±$345
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$50,714 ±$7,780 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $64,521 ±$344
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

9.5% ±2.7% (268  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 327,209 (±0.2% / ±6,452)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

21 minutes ±3.4 (26,610  ±5,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

1,318 ±90 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,139,738 ±3,775
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.1 ±0.2 (2,816  ±138) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,856,396 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

7.4% ±4.7% (42  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,014 (±0.2% / ±1,387)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

1,674 ±74 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,272,290 ±545
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$71,400 ±$6,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $164,800 ±$818
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

13.1% ±3.5% (370  ±99.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 456,346 (±0.3% / ±8,054.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

92.4% ±5.9% (1,912  ±158.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.6% 1,760,658 (±0.5% / ±9,353.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
20.4% ±3.4% (423  ±74.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 34.4% 661,235 (±0.3% / ±5,637.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

0.9% ±0.5% (27  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7% 205,076 (±0.1% / ±3,686)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

8.3% ±1.9% (185  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.6% 167,573 (±0.1% / ±3,026)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
185 Total veterans ±44 182 Male ±44 3 Female ±4

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