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Shawnee County (Central)--Topeka City PUMA, KS

129,911 Population
83.1 square miles 1,563.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,786 ±$2,014 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,702 ±$5,028 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.1% ±2.9% (17,768  ±3,681) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.8 minutes ±0.6 (897,715  ±38,721) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

59,219 ±1,599 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (125,248  ±2,984) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.4% ±3.3% (1,878  ±971) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,635 ±1,619 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$170,000 ±$12,803 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.7% ±2.5% (16,226  ±3,202) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±4.4% (83,406  ±4,644.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.6% ±2.6% (26,020  ±2,491.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.1% ±1.1% (11,217  ±1,319.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 12.1% 335,262 (±0.2% / ±5,283.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.7% ±1% (6,114  ±1,267) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±1.4% (7,337  ±1,442) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,337 Total veterans ±1,442 6,014 Male ±1,284 1,323 Female ±695

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