Topeka City PUMA, KS

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2021 Population
101,005
0.934% 1-year growth
US Senator
Jerry Moran
Republican Party
US Senator
Roger Marshall
Republican Party
2021 Median Age
37.1
0% 1-year change
2021 Poverty Rate
17%
10.3% 1-year increase
2021 Median Household Income
$47,309
2.12% 1-year growth
2021 Median Property Value
$89,300
0.335% 1-year decline
2021 Employed Population
45,928
0.347% 1-year growth

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In 2021, Topeka City PUMA, KS had a population of 101k people with a median age of 37.1 and a median household income of $47,309. Between 2020 and 2021 the population of Topeka City PUMA, KS grew from 100,070 to 101,005, a 0.934% increase and its median household income grew from $46,328 to $47,309, a 2.12% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Topeka City PUMA, KS are White (Non-Hispanic) (64.1%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (11.4%), White (Hispanic) (9.56%), Other (Hispanic) (4.76%), and Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (4.61%).

10.8% of the households in Topeka City PUMA, 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.

96.4% of the residents in Topeka City PUMA, KS are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Shawnee County (Central)--Topeka City PUMA, KS are Washburn University (1,553 degrees awarded in 2021), Washburn Institute of Technology (901 degrees), and Rasmussen University-Kansas (317 degrees).

In 2021, the median property value in Topeka City PUMA, KS was $89,300, and the homeownership rate was 55.6%.

Most people in Topeka City PUMA, KS drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 16.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Topeka City PUMA, KS was 2 cars per household.

geosearchPopulation & Diversity

Topeka City PUMA, KS is home to a population of 101k people, from which 96.4% are citizens. As of 2021, 5.17% of Topeka City PUMA, KS residents were born outside of the country (5.23k people).

In 2021, there were 5.62 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (64.7k people) in Topeka City PUMA, KS than any other race or ethnicity. There were 11.5k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 9.66k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary langauge in households in Topeka City PUMA, KS are Spanish (8,603 households), Telugu (206 households), and German (162 households).

Residents by Gender and Age

RACE/ETHNICITY
51,983
Women
51.3%
49,271
Men
48.7%

The resident population of United States in 2021 was 101,254 inhabitants, with 48.7% men, and 51.3% women.

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Citizenship

96.4%
2021 Citizenship
96.6%
2020 Citizenship

As of 2021, 96.4% of Topeka City PUMA, KS residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.4%. In 2020, the percentage of US citizens in Topeka City PUMA, KS was 96.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Topeka City PUMA, KS
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    64.7k ± 1.63k
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    11.5k ± 769
  3. White (Hispanic)
    9.66k ± 1.06k
17.6%
Hispanic Population
17.8k people

In 2021, there were 5.62 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (64.7k people) in Topeka City PUMA, KS than any other race or ethnicity. There were 11.5k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 9.66k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

17.6% of the people in Topeka City PUMA, KS are hispanic (17.8k people).

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Global Diversity

Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    3,370 ± 1,401 people
  2. India
    523 ± 560 people
  3. Philippines
    213 ± 358 people

In 2021, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Topeka City PUMA, KS was Mexico, the natal country of 3,370 Topeka City PUMA, KS residents, followed by India with 523 and Philippines with 213.

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Foreign-Born Population

5.17%
2021 Foreign-Born Population
5.23k people
5.01%
2020 Foreign-Born Population
5.02k people

As of 2021, 5.17% of Topeka City PUMA, KS residents (5.23k people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2020, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Topeka City PUMA, KS was 5.01%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages
  1. Spanish
    8,603 households (9.08%)
  2. Telugu
    206 households (0.217%)
  3. German
    162 households (0.171%)

10.8% of the households in Topeka City PUMA, KS reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is lower than the national average of 21.7%. 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 2021, the most common non-English language spoken in households in Topeka City PUMA, KS was Spanish. 9.08% of the households in Topeka City PUMA, KS reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    2,501 ± 408
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    1,212 ± 315
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    1,078 ± 248

Topeka City PUMA, KS has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.06 times greater than any other conflict.

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The economy of Topeka City PUMA, KS employs 45.9k people. The largest industries in Topeka City PUMA, KS are Restaurants & Food Services (3,200 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (2,411 people), and Elementary & secondary schools (2,408 people), and the highest paying industries are Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities ($85,548), Rail transportation ($81,734), and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($76,772).

Males in Topeka City PUMA, KS have an average income that is 1.21 times higher than the average income of females, which is $41,730. The income inequality in Topeka City PUMA, KS (measured using the Gini index) is 0.383, which is lower than than the national average.

Workforce Diversity

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RACE/ETHNICITY
23,098
Women
50.5%
22,671
Men
49.5%

The workforce of Topeka City PUMA, KS in 2020 was 45,769 people, with 50.5% woman, and 49.5% men.

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Occupations

45.9k
2021 Value
0.347%
1 Year growth
± 0.347%

From 2020 to 2021, employment in Topeka City PUMA, KS grew at a rate of 0.347%, from 45.8k employees to 45.9k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Topeka City PUMA, KS, are Cashiers (1,486 people), Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive (1,335 people), and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (1,293 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Topeka City PUMA, KS.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

45.9k
2021 Value
0.347%
1 Year growth
± 0.347%

From 2020 to 2021, employment in Topeka City PUMA, KS grew at a rate of 0.347%, from 45.8k employees to 45.9k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Topeka City PUMA, KS, are Restaurants & Food Services (3,200 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (2,411 people), and Elementary & secondary schools (2,408 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Topeka City PUMA, KS, though some of these residents may live in Topeka City PUMA, KS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$38,328
Median earning men ± $2,000
$30,932
Median earning women ± $1,298

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2021 are Public Administration ($56,494), Wholesale Trade ($53,367), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($47,165).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2021 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($47,096), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($43,071), and Public Administration ($41,576).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.75%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 155M people employed in Kansas. This represents a 2.75% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Domestic Production & Consumption

Domestic production and consumption consists of products and services shipped from Kansas to other states, or from other states to Kansas.
Top Domestic Production in Dollars
  1. $21B
  2. $17B
  3. $14B

In 2020, the top outbound Kansas product (by dollars) was Mixed freight with $21B, followed by Meat/seafood ($17B) and Cereal grains ($14B).

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Domestic Trade Growth

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$221B
2020 Value in Kansas
$406B
Projected 2050 Value in Kansas
83.5% growth

In 2020, total outbound Kansas trade was $221B. This is expected to increase 83.5% to $406B by 2050.

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Interstate Trade

Interstate trade consists of products and services shipped from Kansas to other states, or from other states to Kansas.
Most Common Trade Partners
  1. $18.5B
  2. $14.8B
  3. $13.6B

In 2020, the top outbound Kansas domestic partner for goods and services (by dollars) was Missouri with $18.5B, followed by Texas with $14.8B and Nebraska and $13.6B.

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In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Kansas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (41.6%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (2.23%).

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.

US Senators from Kansas

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Jerry Moran
Senator from Kansas3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011
Roger Marshall
Senator from Kansas2
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.

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US Representatives from Kansas

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

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In 2021, universities in Topeka City PUMA, KS awarded 2,781 degrees. The student population of Topeka City PUMA, KS in 2021 is skewed towards women, with 2,922 male students and 4,700 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Topeka City PUMA, KS are White (1,735 and 63.7%), followed by Unknown (313 and 11.5%), Hispanic or Latino (294 and 10.8%), and Black or African American (167 and 6.14%).

The largest universities in Topeka City PUMA, KS by number of degrees awarded are Washburn University (1,553 and 55.8%), Washburn Institute of Technology (901 and 32.4%), and Rasmussen University-Kansas (317 and 11.4%).

The most popular majors in Shawnee County (Central)--Topeka City PUMA, KS are Registered Nursing (354 and 12.7%), Nursing Assistant & Patient Care Assistant (185 and 6.65%), and Home Health Aide (151 and 5.43%).

The median tuition cost in Shawnee County (Central)--Topeka City PUMA, KS for a public four year colleges is $8,762 for in-state students and $19,766 for out-of-state students.

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

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In 2021 in Topeka City PUMA, KS, the percentage of applicants admitted was 43.8%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 83%. The number of students enrolled in 2021 was 7,622 (38.3% men and 61.7% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2021 there were 7,622 students enrolled in Topeka City PUMA, KS, 38.3% men and 61.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 3,781 records, of which 63.1% were women and 36.9% men.

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Concentrations

Most Common
  1. 50 degrees awarded
  2. 200 degrees awarded
  3. 52 degrees awarded

In 2021, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Shawnee County (Central)--Topeka City PUMA, KS was General Psychology with 50 degrees awarded.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. 1,553 degrees awarded
  2. 901 degrees awarded
  3. 317 degrees awarded

In 2021, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Washburn University with 1,553 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2021, 962 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Topeka City PUMA, KS, which is 0.529 times less than the 1,819 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2021 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 1,735 degrees mean that there were 5.54 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Unknown, with 313 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Average Net Price by Sector

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($11,654) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2021.

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,985) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2021.

Public, less-than 2-year ($1,200) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2021, 0.891% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.39% of women were in the same situation.

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Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Topeka City PUMA, KS in 2021 were High School or Equivalent (27.5k), Some college (20.1k), and Bachelors Degree (11.8k).

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homeHousing & Living

The median property value in Topeka City PUMA, KS was $89,300 in 2021, which is 0.365 times smaller than the national average of $244,900. Between 2020 and 2021 the median property value increased from $89,600 to $89,300, a 0.335% decrease. The homeownership rate in Topeka City PUMA, KS is 55.6%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.6%.

People in Topeka City PUMA, KS have an average commute time of 16.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Topeka City PUMA, KS is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Topeka City PUMA, KS is $47,309. In 2021, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in Topeka City PUMA, KS was Blue Valley Region PUMA, KS with a value of $118,528, followed by Shawnee, Lenexa & De Soto Cities PUMA, KS and Olathe, Gardner, Spring Hill & Edgerton Cities PUMA, KS, with respective values of $96,323 and $95,818.

Property

$89,300
Median Property Value 2021
±$2,937
$24,143
Median Property Taxes
±$1,153

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 Topeka City PUMA, KS the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

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Rent vs Own

55.6%
Homeownership
2021
60%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2021

In 2021, 55.6% of the housing units in Topeka City PUMA, KS were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 55.2%.

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Income by Location

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In 2021, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Topeka City PUMA, KS was Blue Valley Region PUMA, KS with a value of $118,528, followed by Shawnee, Lenexa & De Soto Cities PUMA, KS and Olathe, Gardner, Spring Hill & Edgerton Cities PUMA, KS, with respective values of $96,323 and $95,818.

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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.
$47,309
Median Household Income
± $1,479
43.4k
Number of Households
± 1,672

In 2021, the median household income of the 43.4k households in Topeka City PUMA, KS grew to $47,309 from the previous year's value of $46,328.

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Wage Distribution

0.383
2021 Wage GINI in Topeka City PUMA, KS
0.389
2020 Wage GINI in Topeka City PUMA, KS

In 2021, the income inequality in Topeka City PUMA, KS was 0.383 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.44% decline from 2020 to 2021, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Topeka City PUMA, KS was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Topeka City PUMA, KS in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2021
  1. Drove Alone (78.8%)
  2. Carpooled (10.3%)
  3. Worked At Home (6.31%)

In 2021, 78.8% of workers in Topeka City PUMA, KS drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (10.3%) and those who worked at home (6.31%).

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Commute Time

16.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Topeka City PUMA, KS have a shorter commute time (16.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.8 minutes). Additionally, 0.916% of the workforce in Topeka City PUMA, KS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

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

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Poverty & Diversity

17% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Topeka City PUMA, KS (16.5k out of 97.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.6%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Topeka City PUMA, KS is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

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.

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89.4% of the population of Topeka City PUMA, KS has health coverage, with 46.1% on employee plans, 16.1% on Medicaid, 12.1% on Medicare, 13.3% on non-group plans, and 1.79% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Kansas see 1271 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.548% decrease from the previous year (1278 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1630 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 467 patients per year.

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,271 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Kansas

Primary care physicians in Kansas see an average of 1,271 patients per year. This represents a 0.548% decrease from the previous year (1,278 patients).

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Health Care Diversity

In 2021, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 24.5% under 18 years, 22.3% between 18 and 34 years, 36.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.5% were men and 52.5% were women.

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Uninsured People

10.6%
Uninsured
46.1%
Employer Coverage
16.1%
Medicaid
12.1%
Medicare
13.3%
Non-Group
1.79%
Military or VA

Between 2020 and 2021, the percent of uninsured citizens in Topeka City PUMA, KS grew by 5.29% from 10% to 10.6%.

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