2022 population: 6,179 ( 794 from 2010 , 80 from 2020)
Land area: 754.3 square miles
Population density: 8.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	5,106	82.63%	15.2%
Black:	363	5.87%	14.2%
Indian:	49	0.79%	36.1%
Asian:	40	0.65%	17.6%
2+ races:	138	2.23%	34.0%
Hispanic:	483	7.82%	4.8%

Total non-White:	1,073	17.37%	12.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	143	11.4
Deaths:	210	16.8
Net Migration:	-15	-1.2
Net Immigration:	0	0.0

Change in White population:	-912	-13.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	118	1.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
6,973
6,018	86.30%
318	4.56%
36	0.52%
34	0.49%
103	1.48%
461	6.61%
955	13.70%

2000
7,233
6,423	88.80%
354	4.89%
52	0.72%
39	0.54%
61	0.84%
301	4.16%
810	11.20%

1990
7,555
6,975	92.32%
241	3.19%
34	0.45%
46	0.61%
n/a
259	3.43%
580	7.68%

1980
8,065
7,493	92.91%
202	2.50%
61	0.76%
86	1.07%
n/a
223	2.77%
572	7.09%

1970
8,484
7,968	93.92%
239	2.82%
11	0.13%
5	0.06%
n/a
241	2.84%
516	6.08%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
594	8.2
739	10.2
-917	-12.7
27	0.4

-405	-5.6
145	2.0

Number	Rate
1990's
759	10.0
873	11.6
-264	-3.5
23	0.3

-552	-7.3
230	3.0

Number	Rate
1980's
1,103	13.7
922	11.4
-660	-8.2
n/a

-518	-6.4
8	0.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-607	-7.2
n/a

-475	-5.6
56	0.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Pawnee County, KS

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
46.1
890	14.4%
5,289	85.6%
1,379	22.3%

2,396
2.23

1,114	46.5%
988	88.7%
68	6.1%
1,282	53.5%

2010
Number	Percent
43.2
1,528	21.9%
5,445	78.1%
1,215	17.4%

2,665
2.23

1,619	60.8%
1,291	79.7%
151	9.3%
1,046	39.2%

2000
Number	Percent
40.2
1,743	24.1%
5,490	75.9%
1,350	18.7%

2,751
2.30

1,835	66.7%
1,576	85.9%
161	8.8%
916	33.3%

1990
Number	Percent
37.8
1,983	26.2%
5,572	73.8%
1,453	19.2%

2,995
2.29

2,005	66.9%
1,706	85.1%
142	7.1%
990	33.1%

1980
Number	Percent
35.0
2,033	25.2%
6,032	74.8%
1,363	16.9%

3,069
2.46

2,237	72.9%
1,949	87.1%
91	4.1%
832	27.1%

2022 Housing Data for Pawnee County, KS

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	104	4.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	112	4.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	81	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	157	6.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	209	8.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	99	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	80	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	138	5.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	120	5.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	164	6.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	201	8.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	324	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	227	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	144	6.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	103	4.3%
$200,000 or more	133	5.6%

Median Household Income	54,141
Per Capita Income	32,542

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	95
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	47	2.0%
Public Assistance	47	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	114	4.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,175	58.0%
Unemployed	31	0.8%
In Armed Forces	26	0.7%

Total Labor Force	2,232	59.5%
Not in Labor Force	1,519	40.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		41.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	787	534	59.6%
Non-Profit	35	53	39.8%
Self-Employed	370	146	71.7%

Local Government	111	144	43.5%
State Government	157	346	31.2%
Federal Government	19	4	82.6%

Total Private + Self	1,157	680	63.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	322	547	37.1%
Total	1,479	1,227	54.7%

Pct. Govt.	28.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	517	18.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	402	14.5%
Professional, Technical	364	13.2%
Service Occupations	749	27.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	100	3.6%
All others	734	26.5%

White Collar		46.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	592	21.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	393	14.2%
Educational services	255	9.2%
Public administration	220	8.0%
Manufacturing	199	7.2%
Retail trade	184	6.7%
Construction	175	6.3%
Other services	150	5.4%
Transportation and warehousing	149	5.4%
Accommodation and food services	141	5.1%
Wholesale trade	87	3.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	78	2.8%
Finance and insurance	55	2.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	54	2.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	21	0.8%
Information	12	0.4%
Utilities	1	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	305	4.85%
Puerto Rican	16	0.25%
Cuban	1	0.02%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	5	0.08%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	5	0.08%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	145	2.31%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,930	97.5%
Spanish	141	2.3%
Arabic	4	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3	0.0%
Other	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,693	26.9%
Irish	737	11.7%
English	528	8.4%
American	340	5.4%
Dutch	160	2.5%
French	130	2.1%
Scotch-Irish	128	2.0%
European	109	1.7%
Russian	71	1.1%
Austrian	53	0.8%
Czech	53	0.8%
Polish	39	0.6%
Scottish	34	0.5%
Italian	33	0.5%
Czechoslovakian	31	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,256	99.5%
Not a citizen	32	0.5%

Native	6,219	98.9%
Foreign-born	69	1.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
120	2.4%	392	7.9%	1,678	33.7%	1,873	37.6%	626	12.6%	287	5.8%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	120	2.4%
9-12 Years	392	7.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,678	33.7%
Some College	1,873	37.6%
Bach. Degree	626	12.6%
Grad Degree	287	5.8%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,661	3,585	76	2.1%	4.2%
1991	3,690	3,597	93	2.5%	4.5%
1992	3,909	3,791	118	3.0%	4.6%
1993	3,897	3,768	129	3.3%	4.9%
1994	3,851	3,761	90	2.3%	4.8%
1995	3,945	3,843	102	2.6%	4.3%
1996	3,645	3,546	99	2.7%	4.3%
1997	3,577	3,491	86	2.4%	3.8%
1998	3,736	3,652	84	2.2%	3.7%
1999	3,764	3,683	81	2.2%	3.5%

2000	3,512	3,411	101	2.9%	3.8%
2001	3,459	3,354	105	3.0%	4.3%
2002	3,440	3,327	113	3.3%	5.1%
2003	3,557	3,420	137	3.9%	5.5%
2004	3,705	3,565	140	3.8%	5.5%
2005	3,847	3,700	147	3.8%	5.1%
2006	3,984	3,851	133	3.3%	4.4%
2007	3,996	3,871	125	3.1%	4.3%
2008	3,803	3,682	121	3.2%	4.6%
2009	3,944	3,792	152	3.9%	6.9%

2010	3,609	3,442	167	4.6%	7.0%
2011	3,499	3,341	158	4.5%	6.4%
2012	3,434	3,294	140	4.1%	5.7%
2013	3,422	3,273	149	4.4%	5.3%
2014	3,395	3,267	128	3.8%	4.5%
2015	3,316	3,193	123	3.7%	4.2%
2016	3,224	3,118	106	3.3%	4.0%
2017	3,032	2,931	101	3.3%	3.6%
2018	2,913	2,823	90	3.1%	3.3%
2019	2,853	2,772	81	2.8%	3.2%

2020	2,846	2,739	107	3.8%	5.9%
2021	2,829	2,764	65	2.3%	3.3%
2022	2,706	2,641	65	2.4%	2.7%
2023	2,660	2,592	68	2.6%	2.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,065
Median Value	$93,800

Occupied	2,396	78.2%
Vacant	669	21.8%

Owned	1,478	61.7%
Rented	918	38.3%
Median Rent	$769

Single-Family Units	2,428	79.2%
Detached	2,397	78.2%
Attached	31	1.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	118	3.8%
Mobile Homes	182	5.9%

Pawnee County, KS

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Pawnee County, KS

2022 Housing Data for Pawnee County, KS

2022 Income & Employment Data for Pawnee County, KS

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Pawnee County, KS

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Pawnee County, KS

Historical Labor Force Data for Pawnee County, KS