2024 population: 1,211,485 ( 5,672 from 2020)
Land area: 56287.0 square miles
Population density: 21.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	860,010	70.99%	2.1%
Black:	61,371	5.07%	2.7%
Indian:	8,753	0.72%	1.8%
Asian:	34,611	2.86%	6.7%
2+ races:	33,300	2.75%	7.3%
Hispanic:	213,440	17.62%	9.2%

Total non-White:	351,475	29.01%	7.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	61,941	12.8
Deaths:	60,180	12.5
Net Migration:	-10,097	-2.1
Net Immigration:	13,885	2.9

Change in White population:	-18,609	-1.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	24,281	2.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,205,813
878,619	72.87%
59,737	4.95%
8,595	0.71%
32,441	2.69%
31,033	2.57%
195,388	16.20%
327,194	27.13%

2010
1,201,629
922,546	76.77%
56,157	4.67%
8,483	0.71%
27,223	2.27%
25,552	2.13%
160,628	13.37%
279,083	23.23%

2000
1,165,985
959,879	82.32%
50,911	4.37%
8,541	0.73%
21,102	1.81%
17,620	1.51%
106,952	9.17%
206,106	17.68%

1990
1,085,730
969,872	89.33%
44,261	4.08%
8,747	0.81%
13,438	1.24%
n/a
49,412	4.55%
115,858	10.67%

1980
1,053,244
967,530	91.86%
39,940	3.79%
6,528	0.62%
7,283	0.69%
n/a
31,194	2.96%
85,714	8.14%

1970
1,012,996
949,496	93.73%
34,940	3.45%
3,101	0.31%
1,393	0.14%
n/a
22,226	2.19%
63,500	6.27%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
150,278	12.5
108,075	9.0
-65,640	-5.5
16,130	1.3

-43,927	-3.7
48,111	4.0

Number	Rate
2000's
160,053	13.7
103,218	8.9
-65,170	-5.6
24,826	2.1

-37,333	-3.2
72,977	6.3

Number	Rate
1990's
169,002	15.6
107,687	9.9
-25,868	-2.4
18,965	1.7

-9,993	-0.9
90,248	8.3

Number	Rate
1980's
182,607	17.3
100,741	9.6
-46,577	-4.4
n/a

2,342	0.2
30,144	2.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-36,398	-3.6
n/a

18,034	1.8
22,214	2.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area

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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
37.6
296,188	24.4%
915,297	75.6%
204,207	16.9%

468,350
2.50

298,349	63.7%
229,254	76.8%
28,626	9.6%
170,001	36.3%

2010
Number	Percent
36.9
313,578	26.1%
888,051	73.9%
168,760	14.0%

468,227
2.50

311,332	66.5%
240,487	77.2%
30,716	9.9%
156,895	33.5%

2000
Number	Percent
35.7
318,158	27.3%
847,827	72.7%
165,089	14.2%

450,678
2.52

309,473	68.7%
254,218	82.1%
26,231	8.5%
141,205	31.3%

1990
Number	Percent
33.4
297,921	27.4%
787,809	72.6%
159,888	14.7%

419,043
2.52

296,319	70.7%
252,323	85.2%
21,674	7.3%
122,724	29.3%

1980
Number	Percent
31.6
291,536	27.7%
761,708	72.3%
141,538	13.4%

395,855
2.59

289,892	73.2%
255,525	88.1%
16,908	5.8%
105,963	26.8%

2022 Housing Data for Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	21,279	4.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	18,734	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	17,285	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	19,822	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	23,040	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	19,538	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	20,288	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	19,900	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	22,049	4.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	39,952	8.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	49,134	10.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	65,521	14.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	44,713	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	31,051	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	31,188	6.7%
$200,000 or more	24,856	5.3%

Median Household Income	64,083
Per Capita Income	33,889

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	77

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	21,046	4.5%
Public Assistance	10,364	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	42,903	9.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	457,938	74.0%
Unemployed	20,018	3.2%
In Armed Forces	3,393	0.5%

Total Labor Force	481,349	77.8%
Not in Labor Force	137,477	22.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	221,375	165,420	57.2%
Non-Profit	14,373	33,409	30.1%
Self-Employed	37,373	19,911	65.2%

Local Government	20,242	32,055	38.7%
State Government	10,758	14,054	43.4%
Federal Government	5,999	6,062	49.7%

Total Private + Self	258,748	185,331	58.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	51,372	85,580	37.5%
Total	310,120	270,911	53.4%

Pct. Govt.	15.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	82,407	14.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	115,129	19.8%
Professional, Technical	124,123	21.3%
Service Occupations	97,283	16.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	8,470	1.5%
All others	163,651	28.1%

White Collar		55.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	92,925	16.0%
Health care and social assistance	82,366	14.1%
Retail trade	61,683	10.6%
Educational services	59,752	10.3%
Accommodation and food services	38,661	6.6%
Construction	36,696	6.3%
Other services	27,519	4.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	23,790	4.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	23,516	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	23,380	4.0%
Public administration	23,256	4.0%
Finance and insurance	20,502	3.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	18,168	3.1%
Wholesale trade	14,381	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,807	1.5%
Information	7,552	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,361	1.3%
Utilities	5,852	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	5,730	1.0%
Management	696	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	159,634	13.25%
Puerto Rican	5,823	0.48%
Cuban	1,910	0.16%
Dominican	480	0.04%

Total Central American	10,805	0.90%
Costa Rican	236	0.02%
Guatemalan	5,118	0.42%
Honduran	1,358	0.11%
Nicaraguan	197	0.02%
Panamanian	276	0.02%
Salvadoran	3,620	0.30%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	4,131	0.34%
Argentinean	831	0.07%
Bolivian	89	0.01%
Chilean	235	0.02%
Colombian	907	0.08%
Ecuadorian	193	0.02%
Paraguayan	54	0.00%
Peruvian	731	0.06%
Uruguayan	96	0.01%
Venezuelan	995	0.08%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	9,871	0.82%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	11,461	0.95%
Indian	3,206	0.27%
Filipino	3,007	0.25%
Chinese	2,545	0.21%
Laotian	2,545	0.21%
Cambodian	1,416	0.12%
Korean	937	0.08%
Japanese	757	0.06%
Burmese	748	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	974,026	86.3%
Spanish	116,557	10.3%
Vietnamese	9,521	0.8%
Other Asian	6,128	0.5%
German, other Germanic	5,783	0.5%
Other	3,679	0.3%
Other Indo-European	3,601	0.3%
Arabic	3,390	0.3%
Tagalog	1,773	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	289,499	24.0%
English	121,526	10.1%
Irish	116,465	9.7%
American	70,485	5.9%
French	23,615	2.0%
European	21,835	1.8%
Swedish	20,864	1.7%
Scottish	19,677	1.6%
Italian	18,519	1.5%
Dutch	15,640	1.3%
Polish	11,075	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	10,135	0.8%
Russian	8,665	0.7%
Norwegian	8,155	0.7%
Czech	8,100	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,153,645	95.8%
Not a citizen	50,833	4.2%

Native	1,115,186	92.6%
Foreign-born	89,292	7.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
35,645	4.5%	47,345	6.0%	220,120	27.8%	269,921	34.1%	143,738	18.1%	75,851	9.6%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	35,645	4.5%
9-12 Years	47,345	6.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	220,120	27.8%
Some College	269,921	34.1%
Bach. Degree	143,738	18.1%
Grad Degree	75,851	9.6%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	559,872	539,522	20,350	3.6%
1991	567,335	546,171	21,164	3.7%
1992	577,224	553,684	23,540	4.1%
1993	582,978	555,044	27,934	4.8%
1994	586,993	559,415	27,578	4.7%
1995	588,606	564,523	24,083	4.1%
1996	592,942	570,383	22,559	3.8%
1997	596,862	577,245	19,617	3.3%
1998	602,599	583,582	19,017	3.2%
1999	602,796	582,481	20,315	3.4%

2000	598,783	576,688	22,095	3.7%
2001	595,007	571,532	23,475	3.9%
2002	605,067	575,371	29,696	4.9%
2003	606,942	573,802	33,140	5.5%
2004	611,230	578,844	32,386	5.3%
2005	609,674	580,274	29,400	4.8%
2006	616,177	590,942	25,235	4.1%
2007	618,827	594,887	23,940	3.9%
2008	630,183	604,925	25,258	4.0%
2009	643,708	601,250	42,458	6.6%

2010	626,468	583,357	43,111	6.9%
2011	624,563	585,470	39,093	6.3%
2012	620,024	585,208	34,816	5.6%
2013	616,903	585,237	31,666	5.1%
2014	615,497	588,338	27,159	4.4%
2015	613,158	587,627	25,531	4.2%
2016	607,163	582,253	24,910	4.1%
2017	598,641	576,767	21,874	3.7%
2018	598,231	578,914	19,317	3.2%
2019	604,266	585,693	18,573	3.1%

2020	607,237	568,797	38,440	6.3%
2021	605,900	584,526	21,374	3.5%
2022	604,322	587,945	16,377	2.7%
2023	604,703	588,640	16,063	2.7%
2024	619,843	597,356	22,487	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	531,391
Median Value	$152,030

Occupied	468,350	88.1%
Vacant	63,041	11.9%

Owned	317,264	67.7%
Rented	151,086	32.3%
Median Rent	$864

Single-Family Units	414,866	78.1%
Detached	398,695	75.0%
Attached	16,171	3.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	51,657	9.7%
Mobile Homes	27,898	5.2%

Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Wichita-Hutchinson, KS-NE Market Area