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Seward County, KS

22,349 Population
639.7 square miles 34.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,754 ±$1,193 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$49,291 ±$3,984 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

16.9% ±3.9% (3,668  ±858) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

15.5 minutes ±1.6 (161,255  ±18,762) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

7,321 ±207 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
3 ±0.1 (21,852  ±134) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

7.6% ±3.1% (395  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

8,240 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$105,300 ±$7,054 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682
  • about half the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

16.1% ±3.5% (3,523  ±764.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

66.3% ±4.5% (8,567  ±592.9) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
11% ±1.6% (1,421  ±200.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

30.6% ±2.1% (6,848  ±469) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

3.5% ±0.6% (541  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
541 Total veterans ±96 520 Male ±91 21 Female ±25

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