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Sedgwick County

Kansas · 538,433 residents (2025 est.) · 997 sq mi
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With 528,226 people, Sedgwick County is a county in Kansas. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $203,300. The average commute runs 19 minutes. 75,357 more people live here than in 2000. Median rent is $998 a month. The foreign-born share is 9%.

At a glance
Lower income
below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 39%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
528,226
+17%since 2000
from 452,869 in 2000
538,433 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
530 / sq mi
+11%since 2009
from 478 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
36.0
+7%since 2000
from 33.6 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
997 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
391K429K466K503K541K19902000201020202024Sedgwick County
2024528K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56.3%(33,437)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.7%(35,452)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147.4%(39,338)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.9%(36,691)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.9%(36,525)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3414.1%(74,445)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412.9%(68,028)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5411%(58,262)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6411.8%(62,271)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.6%(50,863)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844.4%(23,053)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.9%(9,861)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$69,365
−10%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $42,485 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$37,825
+81%since 2000
from $20,907 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
46.2%
+17.8 ptssince 2009
from 28.4% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
13.9%
+4.4 ptssince 2000
from 9.5% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.462
+4%since 2010
from 0.444 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade17.9%
US avg: 9.9%
Information10.7%
US avg: 10.8%
Wholesale trade6.4%
US avg: 6.9%
Other services5.4%
US avg: 6.7%
Finance & insurance5.1%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical4.7%
US avg: 5.1%
Public administration3.8%
US avg: 4.8%
Transportation & warehousing2%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.3%
US avg: 1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing1%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.7%
US avg: 1.2%
Education & health services0.5%
US avg: 0.9%
Manufacturing0.3%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$203,300
+39%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $80,400 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$998
+7%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $511 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
63.1%
−3.1 ptssince 2000
from 66.2% in 2000
36.9% rent
Vacancy rate
9.2%
+0.6 ptssince 2009
from 8.6% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.51 people
+1%since 2009
from 2.49 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
17.0%
−3.1 ptssince 2009
from 20.1% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
41.3%
−3.1 ptssince 2009
from 44.5% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
2.9
+23%since 2009
from 2.4 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
39
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic76.4%(345,925)
Black9%(40,748)
Hispanic / Latino8%(36,397)
Asian3.3%(15,021)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic64.9%(342,872)
Black7.6%(40,074)
Hispanic / Latino16.5%(87,159)
Asian4.2%(22,093)
Other6.8%(36,028)
Diversity Score
67
+23%since 2009
from 55 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
35
−9%since 2020
from 38 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican13.2%(69,921)
Puerto Rican0.8%(3,994)
Salvadoran0.5%(2,622)
South American0.4%(1,991)
Spaniard0.2%(981)
Cuban0.2%(804)
Guatemalan0.2%(802)
Honduran0.1%(760)
Nicaraguan0.1%(598)
Peruvian0.1%(470)
Argentine0.1%(435)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Colombian0.1%(358)
Panamanian0.1%(307)
Venezuelan0%(206)
Dominican0%(176)
Ecuadorian0%(151)
Chilean0%(107)
Paraguayan0%(107)
Uruguayan0%(30)
Bolivian0%(26)
Asian origin
Vietnamese1.8%(9,293)
Laotian0.4%(2,341)
Filipino0.4%(2,321)
Asian Indian0.4%(2,185)
Chinese0.3%(1,645)
Cambodian0.2%(1,176)
Thai0.1%(397)
Japanese0.1%(376)
Korean0.1%(355)
Pakistani0.1%(334)
Sri Lankan0%(229)
+ 8 more asian origin groups with data
Kazakh0%(161)
Nepalese0%(143)
Indonesian0%(102)
Malaysian0%(93)
Burmese0%(61)
Hmong0%(25)
Taiwanese0%(23)
Pacific Islander origin
Guamanian0%(146)
Samoan0%(139)
Chamorro0%(105)
Tongan0%(11)
Ancestry
German21.2%(112,145)
English11.5%(60,944)
Irish10%(52,937)
American5.2%(27,293)
Scottish1.8%(9,508)
French1.7%(9,016)
Italian1.6%(8,449)
Swedish1.1%(5,977)
Dutch1%(5,315)
Scotch-Irish0.9%(4,970)
Polish0.9%(4,680)
+ 47 more ancestry groups with data
Arab0.7%(3,715)
Norwegian0.6%(3,082)
Welsh0.6%(2,947)
Czech0.4%(2,155)
Russian0.4%(2,064)
British0.4%(1,850)
Lebanese0.3%(1,792)
Danish0.3%(1,649)
Swiss0.3%(1,506)
French Canadian0.2%(1,286)
Austrian0.2%(806)
Hungarian0.2%(798)
Greek0.1%(773)
West Indian0.1%(703)
Finnish0.1%(669)
Ukrainian0.1%(636)
Nigerian0.1%(495)
Iranian0.1%(460)
Palestinian0.1%(442)
Belgian0.1%(416)
Canadian0.1%(395)
Kenyan0.1%(372)
Bulgarian0.1%(350)
Portuguese0.1%(317)
Jamaican0.1%(315)
Croatian0.1%(291)
Egyptian0%(226)
Slovak0%(209)
Haitian0%(181)
Turkish0%(180)
Brazilian0%(174)
Australian0%(160)
Romanian0%(154)
Lithuanian0%(139)
Syrian0%(122)
Moroccan0%(103)
Ethiopian0%(99)
Iraqi0%(94)
Armenian0%(94)
Jordanian0%(89)
Israeli0%(81)
Ghanaian0%(73)
Slovene0%(65)
Barbadian0%(34)
Latvian0%(17)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
32.1%
+6.7 ptssince 2000
from 25.4% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
89.5%
+4.4 ptssince 2000
from 85.1% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
11.7%
+3.7 ptssince 2000
from 8.0% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
19.3 min
+76%since 2000
from 11.0 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
79.1%
−5.4 ptssince 2009
from 84.5% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
9.3%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 9.3% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.6%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.7% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
8.1%
+5.0 ptssince 2009
from 3.1% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.1%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 1.3% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.3%
+0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.2% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.7%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 6.0% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
5.0%
−3.2 ptssince 2011
from 8.2% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
65.7%
−4.0 ptssince 2011
from 69.7% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
75.0%
−0.4 ptssince 2020
from 75.4% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.4%
+1.5 ptssince 2009
from 10.9% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
39.2%
+5.5 ptssince 2009
from 33.7% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.7%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 49.4% in 2009
Female
50.3%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 50.6% in 2009
Foreign born
8.6%
+1.4 ptssince 2009
from 7.2% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
6.9%
−4.7 ptssince 2009
from 11.6% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
14.5%
+2.3 ptssince 2012
from 12.2% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
10.8%
−3.6 ptssince 2013
from 14.4% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
91.9%
+15.5 ptssince 2017
from 76.4% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
96.5%
+4.2 ptssince 2020
from 92.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
85.2%
+2.7 ptssince 2020
from 82.5% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
84.8%
−1.3 ptssince 2016
from 86.0% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
10.2%
+1.0 ptssince 2016
from 9.2% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married36.9%(76,441)
Married50.5%(104,425)
Widowed2.6%(5,374)
Divorced10%(20,733)
Women 15+
Never married30%(63,962)
Married48.8%(103,869)
Widowed7.8%(16,513)
Divorced13.5%(28,682)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
10.8%
−3.6 ptssince 2013
from 14.4% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
55.6%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 56.6% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
14.3%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 14.5% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
17.1%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 16.3% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
17.1%
+0.5 ptssince 2020
from 16.6% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.2%
−0.4 ptssince 2020
from 2.6% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
68.6%
−2.1 ptssince 2020
from 70.7% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
32.6%
+1.5 ptssince 2020
from 31.1% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.7%(7,458)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.8%(6,688)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.8%(9,364)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.1%(1,385)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(190)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 26,943 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Sedgwick County, Kansas?

Sedgwick County, Kansas has about 528,226 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Sedgwick County, Kansas?

The typical household in Sedgwick County, Kansas earns about $69,365 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Sedgwick County, Kansas expensive?

In Sedgwick County, Kansas, the median home is worth about $203,300, and the typical rent is about $998 a month.

How educated are people in Sedgwick County, Kansas?

About 32.1% of adults age 25 and over in Sedgwick County, Kansas hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Sedgwick County, Kansas?

About 13.9% of people in Sedgwick County, Kansas live below the federal poverty line.

Has Sedgwick County, Kansas grown since 1990?

Yes, Sedgwick County, Kansas has grown since 1990. The population has added about 124,564 residents, a change of about 31 percent over that period.

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