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Homeless Demographics

Indicators Kansas Sedgwick County Shawnee County Wyandotte County  Populations Total population 2,775,997[1] 476,026[2] 173,476[3] 153,956[4] Families 347,509[5] 61,071[6] 21,482[7] 19,357[8] Children 790,394[9] 143,192[10] 47,252[11] 48,874[12]  Households Average family size 3.03[13] 3.12[14] 2.90[15] 3.32[16]  Family Composition One parent (female) 20.25%[17] 22.01%[18] 28.16%[19] 34.27%[20] One parent (male) 7.18%[21] 8.14%[22] 8.48%[23] 8.62%[24] Two-parent 72.57%[25] 69.85%[26] 63.36%[27] 57.11%[28]  Income Median family income $60,510[29] $61,149[30] $58,379[31] $45,734[32] Mean family income $75,599[33] $76,542[34] $71,014[35] $52,878[36] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $628[37] $622[38] $605[39] $754[40] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $25,136[41] $24,880[42] $24,200[43] $30,160[44]  Employment Unemployed 5.09%[45] 5.99%[46] 5.99%[47] 11.69%[48]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 11.97%[49] 14.70%[50] 14.39%[51] 21.77%[52] Children under 5 17.55%[53] 23.36%[54] 14.80%[55] 31.68%[56] Children 5-17 12.52%[57] 14.58%[58] 12.83%[59] 27.42%[60]  Education No high school diploma 10.87%[61] 12.46%[62] 10.57%[63] 20.45%[64] High school and above 89.13%[65] 87.54%[66] 89.43%[67] 79.55%[68] Bachelor’s degree and above 28.80%[69] 26.67%[70] 30.15%[71] 13.29%[72] High school dropout rate 2.10%[73] n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 10.28%[74] 11.84%[75] 11.50%[76] 15.90%[77] Birth rate ranking 28[78] 398[79] 379[80] 538[81]