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Sedgwick County, KS

536,081 Population
997 square miles 537.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,346 ±$1,503 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,833 ±$1,734 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.7% ±1.5% (67,057  ±7,789) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.6 minutes ±0.7 (4,465,575  ±188,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 20 26,791,260 (±0.3 / ±510,391)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

211,116 ±2,995 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (526,108  ±224) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±1.5% (8,658  ±1,943) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

232,119 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$224,100 ±$6,443 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.4% ±1.4% (70,728  ±7,352.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±2.6% (317,917  ±9,373.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.1% ±1.5% (117,439  ±5,372.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.5% (51,037  ±3,601) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.1% ±0.7% (28,500  ±2,852) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
28,500 Total veterans ±2,852 25,582 Male ±2,649 2,918 Female ±918

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