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Americus, KS

917 Population
1.1 square miles 846.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±6.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 34.5 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,478 ±$2,951 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $26,662 ±$1,529
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$65,156 ±$12,343 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $50,070 ±$2,760
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

9.9% ±6.2% (91  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.5% † 5,310 (±1.7% / ±582)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

21.6 minutes ±2.7 (9,745  ±2,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16.3 279,115 (±0.8 / ±17,352)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

359 ±76 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,643 ±358
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.6 ±0.3 (917  ±228) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.4 34,444 (±0.1 / ±263)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

12.8% ±8.5% (25  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.7% † 249 (±1.3% / ±119)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

377 ±80 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,870 ±115
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$88,500 ±$8,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $111,900 ±$6,684
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

26.2% ±14% (233  ±137.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 23.7% † 8,423 (±2.6% / ±928.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

89.6% ±24.8% (510  ±86.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 88.5% 19,244 (±3.6% / ±797.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
21.4% ±9.2% (122  ±58.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 26.9% 5,843 (±2% / ±429.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

0.4% ±0.8% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 9.4% 3,375 (±0.9% / ±330)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

8% ±3.8% (52  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,898 (±0.8% / ±217)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
52 Total veterans ±27 48 Male ±27 4 Female ±5

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