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Southwest Kansas--Dodge City, Garden City & Liberal City PUMA, KS

134,079 Population
11,878.2 square miles 11.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,445 ±$1,706 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,680 ±$7,470 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.2% ±3.4% (18,536  ±4,439) 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)

14.9 minutes ±1.1 (860,330  ±77,889) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 20 26,791,260 (±0.3 / ±510,391)
  • about half the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

48,260 ±1,320 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (131,623  ±1,519) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±2.7% (2,012  ±813) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent 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

53,432 ±630 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$166,600 ±$11,608 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

10.4% ±2.2% (13,802  ±2,877.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

78.4% ±4.4% (64,013  ±3,808.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
17.4% ±2.2% (14,181  ±1,794.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

43.9% ±1.2% (54,241  ±1,473.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 12.1% 335,262 (±0.2% / ±5,283.7)
  • about double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

23.2% ±2.3% (31,152  ±3,148) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.3% ±0.9% (3,155  ±829) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,155 Total veterans ±829 3,028 Male ±810 127 Female ±98

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