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Shawnee County, KS

177,499 Population
544 square miles 326.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,301 ±$2,373 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $31,456 ±$438
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$52,104 ±$4,053 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $58,218 ±$773
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

14.4% ±2.7% (24,839  ±4,659) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 12% 338,175 (±0.5% / ±14,157)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

18.8 minutes ±0.9 (1,500,030  ±88,741) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 26,863,770 (±0.2 / ±379,254)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

72,788 ±1,776 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,133,408 ±7,193
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.4 ±0.1 (172,445  ±1,467) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,831,878 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

6% ±1.9% (2,348  ±723) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.3% 41,218 (±0.4% / ±2,877)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

80,187 ±617 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,280,553 ±488
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$136,000 ±$5,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $159,400 ±$1,838
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

14.5% ±2.2% (25,448  ±3,891.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 16.8% 481,367 (±0.7% / ±19,421.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

90.6% ±3.9% (109,028  ±4,730.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,739,393 (±0.9% / ±17,191.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
30.7% ±2.2% (36,886  ±2,653.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.8% 646,143 (±0.6% / ±10,724.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

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

4.8% ±0.9% (8,474  ±1,542) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 209,362 (±0.3% / ±8,342)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

9.9% ±1% (13,336  ±1,404) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 8.2% 178,959 (±0.3% / ±5,513)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
13,336 Total veterans ±1,404 12,534 Male ±1,389 802 Female ±383

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