2022 population: 5,501 ( 298 from 2010 , 31 from 2020)
Land area: 894.8 square miles
Population density: 6.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	5,084	92.42%	8.5%
Black:	31	0.56%	34.8%
Indian:	9	0.16%	12.5%
Asian:	40	0.73%	110.5%
2+ races:	66	1.20%	40.4%
Hispanic:	271	4.93%	88.2%

Total non-White:	417	7.58%	73.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	152	13.7
Deaths:	174	15.7
Net Migration:	-31	-2.8
Net Immigration:	21	1.9

Change in White population:	-474	-8.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	176	3.0

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
5,799
5,558	95.84%
23	0.40%
8	0.14%
19	0.33%
47	0.81%
144	2.48%
241	4.16%

2000
6,483
6,380	98.41%
7	0.11%
16	0.25%
3	0.05%
33	0.51%
42	0.65%
103	1.59%

1990
7,073
7,024	99.31%
10	0.14%
14	0.20%
0	0.00%
n/a
25	0.35%
49	0.69%

1980
8,543
8,507	99.58%
0	0.00%
19	0.22%
5	0.06%
n/a
12	0.14%
36	0.42%

1970
9,249
9,194	99.41%
2	0.02%
3	0.03%
1	0.01%
n/a
50	0.54%
55	0.59%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
556	8.6
833	12.8
-504	-7.8
13	0.2

-822	-12.7
138	2.1

Number	Rate
1990's
693	9.8
1,064	15.0
-194	-2.7
2	0.0

-644	-9.1
54	0.8

Number	Rate
1980's
926	10.8
1,130	13.2
-1,254	-14.7
n/a

-1,483	-17.4
13	0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-725	-7.8
n/a

-687	-7.4
-19	-0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Washington 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
44.9
1,257	22.9%
4,244	77.1%
1,315	23.9%

2,344
2.30

1,394	59.5%
1,225	87.9%
53	3.8%
950	40.5%

2010
Number	Percent
46.4
1,328	22.9%
4,471	77.1%
1,343	23.2%

2,474
2.30

1,621	65.5%
1,429	88.2%
63	3.9%
853	34.5%

2000
Number	Percent
43.6
1,538	23.7%
4,945	76.3%
1,621	25.0%

2,665
2.36

1,762	66.1%
1,568	89.0%
73	4.1%
903	33.9%

1990
Number	Percent
41.5
1,744	24.7%
5,329	75.3%
1,859	26.3%

2,865
2.42

1,996	69.7%
1,827	91.5%
64	3.2%
869	30.3%

1980
Number	Percent
40.3
2,261	26.5%
6,282	73.5%
2,048	24.0%

3,296
2.54

2,430	73.7%
2,211	91.0%
44	1.8%
866	26.3%

2022 Housing Data for Washington County, KS

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	76	3.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	72	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	77	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	101	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	227	9.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	109	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	64	2.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	97	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	166	7.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	188	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	284	12.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	406	17.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	175	7.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	71	3.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	145	6.2%
$200,000 or more	86	3.7%

Median Household Income	59,432
Per Capita Income	32,781

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	98
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	106	4.5%
Public Assistance	29	1.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	120	5.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,240	75.2%
Unemployed	34	1.1%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	2,274	76.4%
Not in Labor Force	703	23.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	903	544	62.4%
Non-Profit	61	172	26.2%
Self-Employed	368	121	75.3%

Local Government	77	205	27.3%
State Government	64	29	68.8%
Federal Government	16	30	34.8%

Total Private + Self	1,271	665	65.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	218	436	33.3%
Total	1,489	1,101	57.5%

Pct. Govt.	16.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	495	19.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	433	16.7%
Professional, Technical	502	19.3%
Service Occupations	406	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	106	4.1%
All others	764	29.4%

White Collar		55.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	429	16.5%
Health care and social assistance	344	13.2%
Manufacturing	315	12.1%
Educational services	288	11.1%
Retail trade	254	9.8%
Transportation and warehousing	165	6.3%
Construction	146	5.6%
Other services	138	5.3%
Finance and insurance	122	4.7%
Public administration	84	3.2%
Wholesale trade	79	3.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	53	2.0%
Accommodation and food services	51	2.0%
Information	47	1.8%
Utilities	43	1.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	30	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	8	0.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	234	4.23%
Puerto Rican	2	0.04%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	2	0.04%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	2	0.04%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
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	4	0.07%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	14	0.25%
Korean	5	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,893	95.0%
Spanish	160	3.1%
German, other Germanic	75	1.5%
Other Indo-European	10	0.2%
Other Asian	7	0.1%
Tagalog	4	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	2,549	46.1%
Irish	586	10.6%
English	434	7.8%
American	369	6.7%
Czech	289	5.2%
French	224	4.1%
Swedish	189	3.4%
Italian	72	1.3%
Scottish	62	1.1%
French Canadian	44	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	43	0.8%
Norwegian	38	0.7%
Polish	37	0.7%
Dutch	35	0.6%
Swiss	31	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,387	97.4%
Not a citizen	142	2.6%

Native	5,340	96.6%
Foreign-born	189	3.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
105	2.7%	145	3.8%	1,541	40.0%	1,196	31.0%	587	15.2%	282	7.3%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	105	2.7%
9-12 Years	145	3.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,541	40.0%
Some College	1,196	31.0%
Bach. Degree	587	15.2%
Grad Degree	282	7.3%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,472	3,397	75	2.2%	4.2%
1991	3,547	3,432	115	3.2%	4.5%
1992	3,611	3,491	120	3.3%	4.6%
1993	3,600	3,474	126	3.5%	4.9%
1994	3,698	3,553	145	3.9%	4.8%
1995	3,615	3,481	134	3.7%	4.3%
1996	3,564	3,425	139	3.9%	4.3%
1997	3,425	3,309	116	3.4%	3.8%
1998	3,384	3,278	106	3.1%	3.7%
1999	3,386	3,289	97	2.9%	3.5%

2000	3,338	3,218	120	3.6%	3.8%
2001	3,321	3,198	123	3.7%	4.3%
2002	3,330	3,208	122	3.7%	5.1%
2003	3,437	3,307	130	3.8%	5.5%
2004	3,448	3,303	145	4.2%	5.5%
2005	3,393	3,262	131	3.9%	5.1%
2006	3,359	3,243	116	3.5%	4.4%
2007	3,338	3,225	113	3.4%	4.3%
2008	3,326	3,206	120	3.6%	4.6%
2009	3,461	3,293	168	4.9%	6.9%

2010	3,347	3,187	160	4.8%	7.0%
2011	3,325	3,176	149	4.5%	6.4%
2012	3,260	3,125	135	4.1%	5.7%
2013	3,134	3,017	117	3.7%	5.3%
2014	3,109	3,010	99	3.2%	4.5%
2015	3,137	3,039	98	3.1%	4.2%
2016	3,097	2,996	101	3.3%	4.0%
2017	2,956	2,869	87	2.9%	3.6%
2018	2,938	2,860	78	2.7%	3.3%
2019	2,934	2,857	77	2.6%	3.2%

2020	3,062	2,986	76	2.5%	5.9%
2021	3,074	3,019	55	1.8%	3.3%
2022	3,002	2,943	59	2.0%	2.7%
2023	2,985	2,921	64	2.1%	2.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,736
Median Value	$106,100

Occupied	2,344	85.7%
Vacant	392	14.3%

Owned	1,801	76.8%
Rented	543	23.2%
Median Rent	$540

Single-Family Units	2,436	89.0%
Detached	2,421	88.5%
Attached	15	0.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	70	2.6%
Mobile Homes	71	2.6%

Washington County, KS

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Washington County, KS

2022 Housing Data for Washington County, KS

2022 Income & Employment Data for Washington County, KS

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Washington County, KS

Historical Labor Force Data for Washington County, KS