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Sedgwick County, KS

528,469 Population
997 square miles 530.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,981 ±$1,217 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$66,646 ±$3,480 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% ±1.5% (70,904  ±7,884) 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)

19.9 minutes ±0.8 (4,832,205  ±220,334) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 20 26,407,250 (±0.3 / ±458,921)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

211,238 ±2,581 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (518,517  ±171) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,853,521
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.5% ±1.1% (6,821  ±1,407) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

229,571 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$209,700 ±$5,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.8% ±1.5% (77,167  ±7,815.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90% ±2.5% (313,086  ±8,834) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
31.7% ±1.4% (110,270  ±5,004.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)
  • about 90 percent of 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

8% (42,470  ±3,033) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,421
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.8% ±0.6% (26,924  ±2,253) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
26,924 Total veterans ±2,253 24,974 Male ±2,182 1,950 Female ±642

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