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Shawnee County, KS

178,187 Population
544 square miles 327.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,970 ±$1,071 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $30,146 ±$383
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$57,095 ±$3,354 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $56,422 ±$702
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

11% ±1.9% (19,169  ±3,258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.9% 336,487 (±0.5% / ±14,398)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

17 minutes ±0.6 (1,365,065  ±72,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.1 26,097,150 (±0.2 / ±328,822)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

73,724 ±1,633 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,128,983 ±6,821
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.4 ±0.1 (173,267  ±1,277) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,963 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.6% ±1.9% (2,179  ±721) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,940 (±0.4% / ±2,826)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

80,088 ±547 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,273,776 ±235
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$131,100 ±$6,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $150,600 ±$1,802
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

14.3% ±2% (25,236  ±3,469.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 16.1% 463,784 (±0.6% / ±16,879)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

94.4% ±3.7% (114,294  ±4,536.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,733,265 (±0.9% / ±18,045.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
34% ±2.2% (41,217  ±2,719.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 33.8% 642,742 (±0.6% / ±11,153.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

4.1% ±0.7% (7,316  ±1,304) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.9% 200,557 (±0.2% / ±6,935)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

9.7% ±1% (13,177  ±1,368) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 8% 175,064 (±0.3% / ±5,713)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
13,177 Total veterans ±1,368 11,923 Male ±1,281 1,254 Female ±439

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