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Shawnee County, KS

177,293 Population
544 square miles 325.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,574 ±$831 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$58,652 ±$2,197 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

11.1% ±1.1% (19,151  ±1,877) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

17.9 minutes ±0.4 (1,421,405  ±40,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

72,962 ±817 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0 (172,277  ±441) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.7% ±0.9% (2,227  ±342) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

80,126 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$135,100 ±$3,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.5% ±0.9% (21,955  ±1,555.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92.3% ±1.9% (111,364  ±2,316.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
31.3% ±1.1% (37,806  ±1,347) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

4% ±0.4% (7,003  ±648) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

8.8% ±0.5% (11,878  ±665) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
11,878 Total veterans ±665 11,034 Male ±633 844 Female ±199

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