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Shawnee County, KS

178,264 Population
544 square miles 327.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,310 ±$1,750 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $35,028 ±$512
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$55,499 ±$3,118 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $64,124 ±$951
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

15.3% ±2.4% (26,445  ±4,121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.7% 333,518 (±0.5% / ±15,020)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

18.2 minutes ±1.3 (1,308,105  ±114,030) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 24,129,350 (±0.3 / ±451,705)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

74,908 ±1,521 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,159,026 ±5,714
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.3 ±0.1 (173,684  ±1,416) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,859,735 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.6% ±2% (1,846  ±804) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 39,053 (±0.5% / ±3,300)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

80,838 ±608 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,284,353 ±200
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$154,700 ±$7,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $183,800 ±$2,802
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11.9% ±1.8% (21,075  ±3,233.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.1% 439,061 (±0.6% / ±17,685)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.1% ±3.9% (115,100  ±4,911.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,784,711 (±1% / ±19,684)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
33.6% ±2.5% (41,144  ±3,038.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 35.4% 687,452 (±0.6% / ±11,793.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

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

4.3% ±0.9% (7,658  ±1,682) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 201,911 (±0.2% / ±7,051)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

8.4% ±1.2% (11,464  ±1,598) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 147,721 (±0.2% / ±5,166)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
11,464 Total veterans ±1,598 10,162 Male ±1,428 1,302 Female ±642

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