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Scott County, KS

4,981 Population
717.6 square miles 6.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,825 ±$3,200 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $29,600 ±$173
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$62,198 ±$14,430 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $55,477 ±$401
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

4.3% ±3.5% (210  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 12.8% 361,285 (±0.2% / ±6,825)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

14.7 minutes ±2 (34,275  ±5,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters 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

2,105 ±112 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,121,943 ±3,987
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.3 ±0.1 (4,896  ±96) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,823,480 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 312,916,765 (±0)

8.2% ±7% (86  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,414 (±0.2% / ±1,429)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

2,239 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,259,647 ±363
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$135,900 ±$14,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $139,200 ±$755
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

20.2% ±8.3% (992  ±405.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 16.3% 467,094 (±0.3% / ±7,475.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

85.3% ±9.5% (2,818  ±333.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 90.5% 1,707,528 (±0.4% / ±7,062.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
26.7% ±5.5% (880  ±185.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 32.4% 610,346 (±0.2% / ±4,345)
  • about 90 percent 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

7.6% ±3.8% (377  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 203,780 (±0.1% / ±2,782)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,028,127 (±0% / ±123,858)

7.2% ±3.2% (268  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 8.6% 185,292 (±0.1% / ±2,221)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
268 Total veterans ±119 230 Male ±92 38 Female ±45

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