Marital Status in Shawnee County, Kansas (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Kansas and Shawnee County
Female Male
Kansas
Shawnee County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-25.813872%-25.740386%-25.813872%26%25.813872%6.315917%25.740386%6.450320%32.129789%32%19,18919.2k21,86421.9k-47.846266%-51.198732%-47.846266%48%47.846266%3.074395%51.198732%2.187482%50.920660%51%35,56735.6k34,65134.7k-14.160384%-2.478929%-11.685501%-2.277304%-16.639313%17%14.160384%11.685501%14.160384%14%12,36912.4k9,636-2.789167%-6.911382%-2.737578%-6.360498%-9.700549%10%2.789167%2.737578%2.789167%3%7,2111,898
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Kansas and Shawnee County
Female Male
Kansas
Shawnee County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-25.813872%-25.740386%-25.813872%26%25.813872%6.315917%25.740386%6.450320%32.129789%32%19,18919.2k21,86421.9k-45.601055%-49.199669%-45.601055%46%45.601055%3.700184%49.199669%1.804877%49.301239%49%33,89833.9k33,54933.5k-1.240283%-0.521986%-1.180164%-0.392097%-1.762269%2%1.240283%1.180164%1.240283%1%1,310844-1.619421%-0.625790%-1.999064%-2.245211%2%1.619421%1.999064%0.382605%1.619421%2%1,6691,102-2.789167%-6.911382%-2.737578%-6.360498%-9.700549%10%2.789167%2.737578%2.789167%3%7,2111,898-12.920102%-1.956943%-10.505337%-1.885208%-14.877045%15%12.920102%10.505337%12.920102%13%11,05911.1k8,792
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Kansas and Shawnee County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1718.618%18.6%55.074%55.1%40.785%40.8%73.348%73.3%55.370%55.4%70.488%70.5%58.663%58.7%69.991%70.0%62.591%62.6%66.067%66.1%61.330%61.3%57.223%57.2%57.820%57.8%59.869%59.9%61.442%61.4%61.296%61.3%64.738%64.7%61.006%61.0%55.599%55.6%52.718%52.7%44.923%44.9%31.776%31.8%14.314%14.3%8.631%8.63%6.597%6.60%1.736%1.74%0.311%0.31%0.269%0.27%
F percentage of married females in age cohort
M percentage of married males in age cohort

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Kansas and Shawnee County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.426%6.43%3.992%3.99%13.817%13.8%9.339%9.34%19.609%19.6%18.181%18.2%27.178%27.2%19.966%20.0%23.911%23.9%19.907%19.9%26.099%26.1%26.609%26.6%26.503%26.5%20.619%20.6%23.036%23.0%17.918%17.9%15.702%15.7%13.429%13.4%11.706%11.7%11.785%11.8%9.297%9.30%9.402%9.40%2.809%2.81%2.079%2.08%1.149%1.15%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of divorced females in age cohort
M percentage of divorced males in age cohort
1and Separated

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Kansas and Shawnee County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.682%3.68%2.503%2.50%4.431%4.43%4.516%4.52%6.355%6.35%4.670%4.67%4.802%4.80%7.580%7.58%6.844%6.84%11.900%11.9%9.548%9.55%15.526%15.5%12.907%12.9%18.463%18.5%13.326%13.3%20.616%20.6%18.488%18.5%25.565%25.6%32.526%32.5%35.496%35.5%45.300%45.3%58.822%58.8%82.877%82.9%89.179%89.2%92.254%92.3%98.264%98.3%99.689%99.7%99.731%99.7%
F percentage of never married females in age cohort
M percentage of never married males in age cohort

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Kansas and Shawnee County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1771.275%71.3%38.430%38.4%40.967%41.0%12.796%12.8%18.666%18.7%6.661%6.66%9.356%9.36%2.463%2.46%6.654%6.65%2.126%2.13%3.023%3.02%0.642%0.64%2.770%2.77%1.050%1.05%2.196%2.20%0.171%0.17%1.071%1.07%0.000%0%0.169%0.17%0.000%0%0.480%0.48%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.110%0.11%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of widowed females in age cohort
M percentage of widowed males in age cohort

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in Kansas.
Scope: population of Kansas and Shawnee County
Shawnee County
Kansas
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 171,3504,6569,8217,6188,1337,3636,3886,4726,3446,2884,3191,27417121
Count number of married in age cohort in Shawnee County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Kansas and Shawnee County
Shawnee County
Kansas
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-33.918129%-0.760234%-4.444444%-33.467787%-0.997959%-5.129606%-39.122807%39%56.081871%4.795322%57.386665%3.017983%60.877193%61%1,710-25.305601%-1.243978%-14.554721%-25.702390%-1.047093%-11.866282%-41.104300%41%51.720357%7.175343%54.768262%6.615973%58.895700%59%111,256111k-36.446396%-2.506158%-9.017886%-39.082200%-2.964939%-8.514503%-47.970440%48%49.020028%3.009532%47.085832%2.352526%52.029560%52%9,337-36.631627%-0.799817%-12.042962%-36.777178%-2.352336%-10.431312%-49.474406%49%49.085923%1.439671%47.067894%3.371279%50.525594%51%4,376-43.523997%-4.311074%-14.511130%-46.248217%-3.482284%-13.097891%-62.346201%62%32.910679%4.743120%32.117824%5.053784%37.653799%38%10,64710.6k-52.955129%-0.573236%-13.204191%-51.662124%-2.120993%-10.970206%-66.732556%67%29.412927%3.854517%32.283961%2.962716%33.267444%33%5,059
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Shawnee County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
42%48%54%60%67%73%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.6%9.3%13.9%18.6%23.3%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.7%4.0%5.2%6.4%7.6%8.8%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
13.2%17.2%21.1%25.0%28.9%32.9%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Shawnee County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
22%32%42%51%61%71%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
6.4%10.5%14.6%18.7%22.8%26.9%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.9%4.4%6.9%9.3%11.8%14.3%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
14%22%30%38%46%54%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Shawnee County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
8%24%39%54%70%85%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
3%11%19%26%34%42%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%7%14%21%28%35%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
8%21%34%47%59%73%
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Marital Status by Place in Shawnee County

There are 6 places that are fully or partially contained within Shawnee County (5 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 6 of those to each other, Shawnee County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shawnee County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Shawnee County, selected places in Shawnee County, and entities that contain Shawnee County
0%20%40%60%Count#Silver LakeAuburnKansasRossvilleTopeka AreaWest North CentralWillardMidwestShawneeUnited StatesWakarusaTopeka61.252115%61.252115%61%724157.339901%57.339901%57%582252.279182%52.279182%52%1,200,2721.20M52.100840%52.100840%52%496351.777659%51.777659%52%96,64396.6k51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M50.769231%50.769231%51%33449.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.315588%49.315588%49%70,21870.2k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M44.747082%44.747082%45%115543.918641%43.918641%44%44,89144.9k6
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 6 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Shawnee County

There are 13 county subdivisions in Shawnee County. This section compares all 13 of those to each other, Shawnee County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shawnee County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Shawnee County, selected county subdivisions in Shawnee County, and entities that contain Shawnee County
0%20%40%60%Count#MonmouthDoverAuburnSoldierMissionGrvSilver LkTecumsehMenokenRossvilleKansasTopekaTopeka AreaWest North CentralMidwestShawneeUnited StatesTopekaWilliamsport72.625483%72.625483%73%1,881168.910741%68.910741%69%911267.631379%67.631379%68%1,776366.999831%66.999831%67%7,910465.572910%65.572910%66%4,996564.393939%64.393939%64%255663.832335%63.832335%64%1,066759.557377%59.557377%60%3,633853.511706%53.511706%54%640952.369380%52.369380%52%8621052.279182%52.279182%52%1,200,2721.20M52.125280%52.125280%52%2331151.777659%51.777659%52%96,64396.6k51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M49.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.315588%49.315588%49%70,21870.2k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M43.918641%43.918641%44%44,89144.9k1242.281148%42.281148%42%1,16413
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 13 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Topeka Area

There are 5 counties in the Topeka Area. This section compares Shawnee County to all of the counties in the Topeka Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shawnee County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Shawnee County, selected other counties in the Topeka Area, and entities that contain Shawnee County
0%20%40%60%Count#WabaunseeJacksonJeffersonOsageKansasTopeka AreaWest North CentralMidwestShawneeUnited States61.418465%61.418465%61%3,386160.998676%60.998676%61%6,450259.933298%59.933298%60%9,165357.612913%57.612913%58%7,424452.279182%52.279182%52%1,200,2721.20M51.777659%51.777659%52%96,64396.6k51.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M49.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.315588%49.315588%49%70,21870.2k548.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 5 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in Kansas

There are 105 counties in Kansas. This section compares Shawnee County to the 50 most populous counties in Kansas and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shawnee County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 7,793.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Shawnee County, selected other counties in Kansas, and entities that contain Shawnee County
0%20%40%60%Count#PottawatomieClayJacksonNemahaCoffeyLinnJeffersonGearyMcPhersonMarshallThomasHarveyMiamiAndersonBrownOsageMarionDickinsonFranklinJohnsonRiceCherokeeButlerDoniphanSumnerWilsonBartonBourbonLeavenworthFordLabetteMontgomeryFinneyNeoshoKansasPrattTopeka AreaRenoCowleyWest North CentralAllenSalineSedgwickMidwestShawneeCloudSewardUnited StatesLyonEllisAtchisonCrawfordWyandotteRileyDouglas62.829138%62.829138%63%10,83310.8k161.490964%61.490964%61%4,083260.998676%60.998676%61%6,450360.640818%60.640818%61%4,864460.625362%60.625362%61%4,188560.215333%60.215333%60%4,642659.933298%59.933298%60%9,165759.764423%59.764423%60%15,93215.9k859.670190%59.670190%60%14,11214.1k959.525889%59.525889%60%4,7711058.957198%58.957198%59%3,7881158.784494%58.784494%59%16,21116.2k1258.776616%58.776616%59%15,18215.2k1357.881179%57.881179%58%3,5951457.827890%57.827890%58%4,4621557.612913%57.612913%58%7,4241657.328016%57.328016%57%5,7501757.242493%57.242493%57%8,8641857.128805%57.128805%57%11,61611.6k1956.764858%56.764858%57%256,408256k2056.740593%56.740593%57%4,5542156.455681%56.455681%56%9,4012255.951086%55.951086%56%29,32929.3k2355.174535%55.174535%55%3,5882455.122578%55.122578%55%10,29810.3k2555.034023%55.034023%55%3,9632654.318318%54.318318%54%11,80511.8k2753.927959%53.927959%54%6,2882853.912463%53.912463%54%33,89833.9k2953.905114%53.905114%54%13,71413.7k3053.453220%53.453220%53%8,9473152.585568%52.585568%53%14,19614.2k3252.518250%52.518250%53%14,31714.3k3352.418482%52.418482%52%6,7843452.279182%52.279182%52%1,200,2721.20M52.148110%52.148110%52%4,0423551.777659%51.777659%52%96,64396.6k51.613341%51.613341%52%26,64926.6k3651.553054%51.553054%52%14,83814.8k3751.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M50.536193%50.536193%51%5,2783850.033808%50.033808%50%22,19922.2k3949.866683%49.866683%50%197,122197k4049.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.315588%49.315588%49%70,21870.2k4148.360764%48.360764%48%3,6734248.276881%48.276881%48%8,1674348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M46.508802%46.508802%47%12,62912.6k4446.056557%46.056557%46%10,96111.0k4545.772486%45.772486%46%6,1124643.781560%43.781560%44%14,04614.0k4742.044206%42.044206%42%51,64551.6k4839.900167%39.900167%40%25,33925.3k4939.852021%39.852021%40%38,99639.0k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the United States

There are 3,142 counties in the United States. This section compares Shawnee County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shawnee County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Shawnee County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Shawnee County
0%20%40%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauKansasOaklandSalt LakeTopeka AreaContra CostaWakeWest North CentralSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingMidwestShawneeTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k153.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k353.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k452.279182%52.279182%52%1,200,2721.20M52.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k551.927590%51.927590%52%431,457431k651.777659%51.777659%52%96,64396.6k51.731163%51.731163%52%462,130462k751.579426%51.579426%52%407,446407k851.461869%51.461869%51%8,666,3128.67M51.112208%51.112208%51%627,478627k950.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k1050.294014%50.294014%50%1,277,3881.28M1150.234299%50.234299%50%405,114405k1249.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.315588%49.315588%49%70,21870.2k49.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.276963%47.276963%47%1,251,0951.25M2047.227045%47.227045%47%1,613,8101.61M2147.204219%47.204219%47%463,578464k2247.008209%47.008209%47%551,403551k2346.897917%46.897917%47%1,517,5651.52M2445.377673%45.377673%45%868,275868k2545.369877%45.369877%45%470,384470k2645.337491%45.337491%45%739,678740k2745.335632%45.335632%45%363,609364k2845.220904%45.220904%45%533,102533k2945.056972%45.056972%45%370,125370k3044.988475%44.988475%45%873,606874k3144.942383%44.942383%45%479,986480k3244.529699%44.529699%45%646,276646k3344.195458%44.195458%44%732,568733k3443.786151%43.786151%44%319,610320k3543.621650%43.621650%44%402,654403k3643.023143%43.023143%43%659,232659k3742.666240%42.666240%43%434,574435k3842.518919%42.518919%43%3,471,3473.47M3942.460539%42.460539%42%418,331418k4041.889718%41.889718%42%1,776,1191.78M4140.824687%40.824687%41%901,939902k4240.298035%40.298035%40%417,644418k4340.197400%40.197400%40%840,930841k4438.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k4537.957569%37.957569%38%305,782306k4637.805425%37.805425%38%286,798287k4733.355074%33.355074%33%477,149477k4831.190048%31.190048%31%352,504353k4929.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Shawnee County aged 15 and older. The following definitions are used in this page:

  • Never Married: a person over the age of 15 that has never been married
  • Married: married and not separated at the time of the survey, including cases where one spouse is absent for reasons other than a separation
  • Separated: including legal and de-facto separations for reasons of marital discord
  • Divorced: and not remarried at the time of the survey
  • Widowed: and not remarried at the time of the survey

These definition were taken directly from the US Census Bureau, and reflect the marital status at the time of the survey.

For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.

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Principal City:
Topeka
Cities:
Auburn, Rossville, Silver Lake, Topeka, Willard
Townships:
Auburn, Dover, Grove, Menoken, Mission, Monmouth, Rossville, Silver Lake, Soldier, Tecumseh, Topeka, Williamsport
Unincorporated Places:
Wakarusa
ZIP Codes:
66050, 66402, 66409, 66431, 66512, 66524, 66533, 66536, 66539, 66542, 66546, 66603, 66604, 66605, 66606, 66607, 66608, 66609, 66610, 66611, 66612, 66614, 66615, 66616, 66617, 66618, 66619, 66621, 66622
Unified School Districts:
Auburn-Washburn 437, Jefferson West 340, Kaw Valley 321, Santa Fe Trail 434, Seaman 345, Shawnee Heights 450, Silver Lake 372, Topeka 501, Wabaunsee East 330
Congressional District:
KS-2
State Senate Districts:
KS-18, KS-19, KS-20
State House Districts:
KS-47, KS-50, KS-51, KS-52, KS-53, KS-54, KS-55, KS-56, KS-57, KS-58
Neighboring Counties:
Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee
Nearby Counties:
Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Franklin, Leavenworth, Lyon, Morris, Nemaha