Sedgwick County, KS

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2023 Population

524,810

0.404% 1-year growth

US Senator

Jerry Moran

Republican Party

US Senator

Roger Marshall

Republican Party

2023 Median Age

35.9

0.279% 1-year increase

2023 Poverty Rate

14%

2.77% 1-year increase

2023 Median Household Income

$67,675

3.52% 1-year growth

2023 Median Property Value

$190,700

8.54% 1-year growth

2023 Employed Population

251,840

0.282% 1-year growth

About

In 2023, Sedgwick County, KS had a population of 525k people with a median age of 35.9 and a median household income of $67,675. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Sedgwick County, KS grew from 522,700 to 524,810, a 0.404% increase and its median household income grew from $65,372 to $67,675, a 3.52% increase.

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None of the households in Sedgwick County, KS reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

In 2023, the median property value in Sedgwick County, KS was $190,700, and the homeownership rate was 62.3%.

Most people in Sedgwick County, KS drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 19.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Sedgwick County, KS was 2 cars per household.

Sedgwick County, KS borders Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, and Sumner County, KS.

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Economy

The economy of Sedgwick County, KS employs 252k people. The largest industries in Sedgwick County, KS are Manufacturing (43,671 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (35,793 people), and Retail Trade (27,629 people), and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($91,461), Manufacturing ($60,592), and Utilities ($56,018).

Males in Kansas have an average income that is 1.39 times higher than the average income of females, which is $54,429. The income inequality in Kansas (measured using the Gini index) is 0.462, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Occupations

252k

2023 Value

± 3,896

0.282%

1 Year growth

± 2.17%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Sedgwick County, KS grew at a rate of 0.282%, from 251k employees to 252k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Sedgwick County, KS, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Sedgwick County, KS.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kansas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

252k

2023 Value

± 3,896

0.282%

1 Year growth

± 2.17%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Sedgwick County, KS grew at a rate of 0.282%, from 251k employees to 252k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Sedgwick County, KS, are Manufacturing (43,671 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (35,793 people), and Retail Trade (27,629 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Sedgwick County, KS, though some of these residents may live in Sedgwick County, KS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$50,085

Median earning men ± $838

$35,938

Median earning women ± $763

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Manufacturing ($66,974), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($65,583), and Public Administration ($59,537).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Manufacturing ($46,892), Public Administration ($46,205), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($45,098).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

3.11%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.44M people employed in Kansas. This represents a 3.11% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kansas.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

792
Health Care and Social Assistance
735
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
693
Other Services (except Public Administration)

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$3.16M
Manufacturing
$1.93M
Health Care and Social Assistance
$1.05M
Management of Companies and Enterprises

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Sedgwick County, KS went to Donald J. Trump with 54.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (42.9%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (2.41%).

Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall are the senators currently representing the state of Kansas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kansas is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (54.7%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (42.9%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (2.41%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Sedgwick County, KS for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Kansas

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Jerry Moran

Senator from Kansas

Assumed office on January 3, 2011

Roger Marshall

Senator from Kansas

Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall are the senators currently representing Kansas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Kansas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Kansas

Kansas is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kansas have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Sedgwick County, KS awarded 7,531 degrees. The student population of Sedgwick County, KS in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 12,442 male students and 15,051 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Sedgwick County, KS are White (4,483 and 62.9%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (972 and 13.6%), Black or African American (608 and 8.53%), and Asian (423 and 5.94%).

The median tuition costs in N/A are $31,786 for private four year colleges, and $6,848 and $16,208 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

Measure

In 2022 in Sedgwick County, KS, the percentage of applicants admitted was 85.3%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 22.4%. The number of students enrolled in 2022 was 27,493 (45.3% men and 54.7% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2022 there were 27,493 students enrolled in Sedgwick County, KS, 45.3% men and 54.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 14,591 records, of which 57.1% were women and 42.9% men.

Completions

Student Diversity

In N/A, N/A men were awarded degrees from institutions in Sedgwick County, KS, which is N/A times N/A than the N/A female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 4,483 degrees mean that there were 4.61 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 972 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($31,786) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2022.

Public, 4-year or above ($2,018) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2022.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,391) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (605k), Some college (553k), and Bachelors Degree (450k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Sedgwick County, KS was $190,700 in 2023, which is 0.629 times smaller than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $175,700 to $190,700, a 8.54% increase. The homeownership rate in Sedgwick County, KS is 62.3%, which is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%.

People in Sedgwick County, KS have an average commute time of 19.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Sedgwick County, KS is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$190,700

Median Property Value 2023

±$2,616

N/A

Median Property Taxes

±N/A

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Sedgwick County, KS the largest share of households pay taxes in the N/A range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Sedgwick County, KS compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

62.3%

Homeownership

2023

63.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

In 2023, 62.3% of the housing units in Sedgwick County, KS were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 62.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Sedgwick County, KS compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Sedgwick County, KS colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$67,675

Median Household Income

± $1,215

205k

Number of Households

± 3,635

In 2023, the median household income of the 205k households in Sedgwick County, KS grew to $67,675 from the previous year's value of $65,372.

The following chart displays the households in Sedgwick County, KS distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Sedgwick County, KS is from Kansas.

0.462

2022 Wage GINI in Kansas

0.46

2021 Wage GINI in Kansas

In 2022, the income inequality in Kansas was 0.462 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.512% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Kansas was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kansas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kansas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (80.6%)
Carpooled (8.93%)
Worked At Home (7.12%)

In 2023, 80.6% of workers in Sedgwick County, KS drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (8.93%) and those who worked at home (7.12%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

19.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Sedgwick County, KS have a shorter commute time (19.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.38% of the workforce in Sedgwick County, KS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Sedgwick County, KS compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Sedgwick County, KS distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Sedgwick County, KS have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

14% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Sedgwick County, KS (72.5k out of 516k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Males 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Sedgwick County, KS is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2023, 16.6% of the children was living in poverty in Sedgwick County, KS. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 6.5%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Sedgwick County, KS has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.8% under 18 years, 21.8% between 18 and 34 years, 36% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Uninsured

N/A%

Employer Coverage

N/A%

Medicaid

N/A%

Medicare

N/A%

Non-Group

N/A%

Military or VA

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Sedgwick County, KS changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2023, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 58.4 in Sedgwick County, KS.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Sedgwick County, KS.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 34.6% in Sedgwick County, KS.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Sedgwick County, KS.

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