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Seward County, KS

22,692 Population
639.7 square miles 35.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.5 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,352 ±$1,065 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $30,757 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $32,621 ±$91
$47,025 ±$3,239 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $57,422 ±$337
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $60,293 ±$140

16.7% ±3% (3,687  ±672) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 12.4% 350,280 (±0.2% / ±6,769)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,257,979 (±0.1% / ±285,269)

16.2 minutes ±1.4 (166,270  ±16,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.3 26,202,845 (±0.1 / ±167,035)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

7,315 ±204 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,124,549 ±4,096
  • United States: 119,730,128 ±232,429
3 ±0.1 (22,175  ±160) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,828,708 (±0)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 314,810,420 (±0)

6.7% ±2.7% (344  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,640 (±0.2% / ±1,203)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,995,512 (±0% / ±23,123)

Housing

8,218 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,266,378 ±484
  • United States: 136,384,292 ±6,639

$98,200 ±$6,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $145,400 ±$806
  • about half the amount in United States: $204,900 ±$173

15.7% ±3.4% (3,508  ±765.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 16.5% 472,410 (±0.3% / ±7,675.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.5% 46,136,121 (±0.1% / ±152,246.9)

Social

68.2% ±4.4% (8,926  ±577.1) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 90.7% 1,718,956 (±0.4% / ±7,851.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 87.7% 191,498,014 (±0.1% / ±242,772.9)
11.2% ±1.7% (1,459  ±222.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 32.9% 623,076 (±0.3% / ±4,836.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 31.5% 68,867,051 (±0.1% / ±145,216)

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

30.2% ±2.4% (6,852  ±546) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 206,683 (±0.1% / ±2,955)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,539,499 (±0% / ±131,250)

3.3% ±0.9% (513  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 8.3% 181,453 (±0.1% / ±2,219)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 7.5% 18,611,432 (±0% / ±41,547)
513 Total veterans ±132 483 Male ±115 30 Female ±29

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