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Shawnee County, KS

176,875 Population
544 square miles 325.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$33,046 ±$2,107 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $32,885 ±$508
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$59,441 ±$3,069 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $62,087 ±$692
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

8.6% ±1.5% (14,816  ±2,626) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,189 (±0.5% / ±13,737)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

18.5 minutes ±0.9 (1,582,420  ±92,539) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 20 27,461,885 (±0.3 / ±436,569)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

73,172 ±1,641 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,138,329 ±6,595
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.3 ±0.1 (171,578  ±1,310) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,768 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

7.4% ±2.3% (2,803  ±854) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 41,058 (±0.4% / ±2,884)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

80,223 ±562 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,288,430 ±623
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$134,400 ±$8,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $163,200 ±$1,834
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

11.8% ±2.1% (20,601  ±3,714.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 452,621 (±0.6% / ±16,917.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

93.7% ±3.9% (113,128  ±4,771.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,760,324 (±1% / ±18,571.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
31.3% ±2.2% (37,817  ±2,644.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 34% 652,489 (±0.6% / ±10,781.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

3.5% ±0.8% (6,233  ±1,322) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 208,900 (±0.3% / ±8,765)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.8% ±0.9% (10,612  ±1,194) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.5% 165,033 (±0.2% / ±4,929)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
10,612 Total veterans ±1,194 10,079 Male ±1,149 533 Female ±339

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