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Sherman County, KS

5,938 Population
1,056.1 square miles 5.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±2.4 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

$27,919 ±$5,273 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$54,754 ±$2,686 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

11.5% ±3.5% (660  ±202) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

12.2 minutes ±3.8 (30,400  ±9,876) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

2,544 ±196 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.3 ±0.2 (5,729  ±87) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

6.1% ±3.7% (74  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

3,128 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$111,400 ±$19,545 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682
  • about half the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

17.3% ±5.7% (1,018  ±334.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

92.3% ±9% (3,781  ±401.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
21.8% ±5.4% (892  ±224.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

3.8% ±1.7% (228  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

5.3% ±2.6% (240  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
240 Total veterans ±118 235 Male ±119 5 Female ±8

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