Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety41#1,812/3,096
Economy68#1,021/3,143
Housing9#2,849/3,140
Health90#328/3,144
Healthcare86#440/3,143
Environment66#1,070/3,108
Education90#300/3,144
Infrastructure99#41/3,144
Community79#659/3,144
Leisure & amenities75#784/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Douglas County, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high63.0%
100/100Kansas 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
98/100Kansas 30 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Bachelor's degree or higher · high53.2%
98/100Kansas 35.6%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · high80.9%
98/100Kansas 70.3%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Kansas 9.4United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
High school diploma or higher · high95.6%
96/100Kansas 91.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high208 min
7/100Kansas 129 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Severe housing problems · high18.6%
8/100Kansas 12.3%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Home price to income ratio · high4.4×
13/100Kansas 2.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Property crime rate · high1,686 /100k
13/100Kansas 1,797 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Violent crime rate · high386 /100k
15/100Kansas 457 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cost of buying a home today · high37.5%
15/100Kansas 26.9%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Violent crime rateWorsening
19 /100k (2020) → 386 /100k (2025)
+1,889%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Property crime rateWorsening
116 /100k (2020) → 1,686 /100k (2025)
+1,352%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
3% (2021) → 23% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+21 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.9 /10k (2020) → 1.5 /10k (2025)
+61%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
27.7% (Dec 2021) → 37.5% (Aug 2026)
+9.9 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Suicide rateWorsening
13.4 /100k (2021) → 19.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+49%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Douglas County, Kansas improved on 7 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 19 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Bachelor's++3.6 points49.6% → 53.2%
Weekly wage+24%$859 → $1,069
Real income+30%$50,033 → $65,044
Unemployment−2.1 points5.6% → 3.5%
New businesses+33%8.0 /1k → 10.6 /1k

Declined3

Property crime+1,352%116 /100k → 1,686 /100k
Violent crime+1,889%19 /100k → 386 /100k
Price / income+1.1×3.4× → 4.4×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Douglas County, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.2 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	+34%	Within the margin of error	84%
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	20.8 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	50%
Average weekly wage	$8592020	$1,0692025	+24%	Improved	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%2015-2019	53.2%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	64%
Broadband subscriptions	87.7%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	7%
Child poverty rate	12.4%2019	10.2%2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Distance to an airport	38 mi2020	38 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.9 /100k2020	10.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−0.9%	Within the margin of error	26%
Effective property tax rate	1.32%2015-2019	1.19%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	54%
Firearm deaths	9.5 /100k2020	13.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+40%	Within the margin of error	10%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	80%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+61%	Within the margin of error	89%
High school diploma or higher	95.4%2015-2019	95.6%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	7%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,0332019	$65,0442024	+30%	Improved	39%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4742015-2019	0.4632020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$62,5592019	$73,3322024	+17%	Improved	14%
New business applications	8.0 /1k2020	10.6 /1k2025	+33%	Improved	36%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−1.8%	Within the margin of error	60%
Poverty rate	15.1%2019	14.3%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Property crime rate	116 /100k2020	1,686 /100k2025	+1,352%	Declined	0%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+26%	Within the margin of error	96%
Public transit commuters	2.1%2015-2019	2.4%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Rent as share of income	30.0%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	50.0%2015-2019	51.5%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Restaurants and bars	9.6 /10k2020	10.6 /10k2025	+10%	Within the margin of error	73%
Students per teacher	14.0×2019	14.6×2024	+0.5×	Little change	14%
Suicide rate	14.3 /100k2020	19.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+39%	Within the margin of error	9%
Traffic deaths	6.6 /100k2015-2019	7.7 /100k2020-2024	+15%	Within the margin of error	37%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2020	3.5%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.7%2019	9.3%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Violent crime rate	19 /100k2020	386 /100k2025	+1,889%	Declined	0%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Douglas County, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Douglas County, Kansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Douglas County, Kansas itself moved −7.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

120,302 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−1.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

120,302 residents

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

White76%91,455
Black4.2%5,014
Hispanic or Latino7.2%8,640

Education

71,726 residents (±364)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma4.4%3,161
High school or GED19%13,325
Some college19%13,295

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

50,406 households (±600)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k18%8,823
$25k–50k18%8,834
$50k–75k18%8,984
$75k–100k12%5,939
$100k–150k17%8,472
$150k–200k8.1%4,065
$200k or more10%5,289

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

50,406 households (±600)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

Own50%25,246
Rent50%25,160

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

24,672 households (±728)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $75015%3,763
$750–1,00027%6,608
$1,000–1,50037%9,157

Home values

25,246 homes (±622)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k9.1%2,286
$150k–250k27%6,865
$250k–400k33%8,365

Age of homes

53,675 homes (±67)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later15%7,983
2000–200916%8,665
1980–199929%15,398

Size of homes

53,675 homes (±67)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio5.4%2,901
1 bedroom12%6,286
2 bedrooms26%14,185

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

65,610 workers (±1,296)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone69%45,002
Carpool7.3%4,821
Public transit2.4%1,573
Walk4.1%2,674
Bike1.0%†649
Work from home16%10,236
Other1.0%†655

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+11.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

55,374 workers (±1,444)

Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min41%22,878
15–29 min30%16,744
30–44 min18%10,092

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lawrence, KS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Douglas County has 2,774 employer establishments, 230 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Kansas's), with 38,737 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,718. The Census Bureau also counts 9,350 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,774; 9,350 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 230; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 38,737
Average annual pay: $43,718; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Douglas County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	252	20.9	1.14×About typical	5,720	$18,943	38
Ambulatory health care services	217	18	0.86×About typical	2,055	$69,510	460
Specialty trade contractors	171	14.2	0.91×About typical	1,502	$61,646	506
Lessors of real estate	161	13.3	1.08×About typical	604	$42,748	1,092
Limited-service restaurants	112	9.3	1.16×About typical	2,877	$17,300	14
Construction of buildings	99	8.2	1.08×About typical	329	$56,450	224
Full-service restaurants	97	8	1.05×About typical	2,280	$21,865	17
Offices of other health practitioners	97	8	1.32×More than typical	410	$51,663	281
Services to buildings and dwellings	85	7	1.04×About typical	537	$40,577	424
Religious organizations	77	6.4	1.15×About typical	608	$23,192	—
Personal care services	76	6.3	1.32×More than typical	367	$26,796	299
Management, scientific and technical consulting	70	5.8	0.86×About typical	234	$74,175	432

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 120,727 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $23M on contracts performed in Douglas County, Kansas: $191 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $23M; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $191; US $1,994
Sole-source: 20%; US 30%
Single offer: 29%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$8.2M36%
Department of the Army$6.2M27%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.4M10%
Indian Health Service$1.6M7.1%
Department of the Navy$1.1M4.9%
Social Security Administration$986.9K4.3%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$609.2K2.6%
U.S. Coast Guard$542.3K2.4%

Top recipients

BLUESTONE - BURNS & MCDONNELL JV$4M17%
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$2.6M11%
COTTONWOOD INC$2.1M9.3%
RESOLUTION SERVICES, L.L.C$1.8M7.8%
SYSCO CORP$1.4M5.9%

Spending by fiscal year

20.4MFY2017
22.1MFY2018
35.3MFY2019
36.4MFY2020
19.8MFY2021
36MFY2022
32.2MFY2023
42M

Top industries (NAICS)

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$5.8M25%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$2.8M12%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$1.4M6.2%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$1.4M5.9%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$1.4M5.9%

Largest awards

BAA 21-0029, YEAR 1 - TASK 1-3 IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE DAM INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH USE OF FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMERS$6M
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC· Douglas County, KS· Research & development· Mar 18, 2022 – Jan 28, 2026· W912HZ22C0016
RENOVATE SOFTBALL FIELD$4.5M
CHEROKEE CRC LLC· Douglas County, KS· Construction & real property· Sep 21, 2023 – Jun 15, 2026· 140A2323F0306
GREENHOUSE - HINU$4.4M
SEALASKA CONSTRUCTORS LLC· Douglas County, KS· Construction & real property· Sep 19, 2025 – May 19, 2026· 140A2325F0145
MULTI-SITE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS AND SITE INVESTIGATIONS OF UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) FORMER GRAIN STORAGE SITES THROUGHOUT KANSAS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $736.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Douglas County, Kansas: $6,089 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $736.3M; −2.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,089; US $12,955
Loan face value: $21.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$434.3M59%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$42.6M5.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$35.4M4.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$34.5M4.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$30.2M4.1%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$23.9M3.2%
93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$11.4M1.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11M1.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$72.1M9.8%
LAWRENCE, KS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS$31.4M4.3%
LAWRENCE, KS
KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$25.4M3.5%
TOPEKA, KS
LAWRENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY$10.7M1.5%
LAWRENCE, KS
HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$510.9M69%
Department of Education$55.7M7.6%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$50.7M6.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Science Foundation$28.7M3.9%
Federal Highway Administration$25.5M3.5%

Assistance by fiscal year

714.1MFY2021
588.8MFY2022
649.7MFY2023
712.8MFY2024
753.6MFY2025
736.3MFY2026

County aggregates

77%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Douglas County, Kansas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Douglas County, Kansas
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
FY2017	$169	$1,436
FY2018	$182	$1,552
FY2019	$289	$1,654
FY2020	$306	$1,880
FY2021	$166	$1,810
FY2022	$300	$1,917
FY2023	$266	$2,079
FY2024	$347	$2,047
FY2025	$228	$2,165
FY2026	$191 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
FY2017	$26.87	$93.28
FY2018	$12.58	$105
FY2019	$22.27	$128
FY2020	$125	$145
FY2021	$34.27	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$1,763	$5,748
FY2022	$1,085	$5,221
FY2023	$1,179	$5,364
FY2024	$1,431	$5,501
FY2025	$1,132	$5,732
FY2026	$1,103

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$72.54	$298
FY2022	$53.04	$357
FY2023	$25.06	$301
FY2024	$7.29	$319
FY2025	$18.08	$360
FY2026	$213

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$119	$239
FY2022	$103	$185
FY2023	$113	$229
FY2024	$111	$229
FY2025	$124	$249
FY2026	$101

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$268	$2,304
FY2022	$71.56	$2,197
FY2023	$94.88	$2,274
FY2024	$189	$2,267
FY2025	$178	$2,397
FY2026	$255

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$936	$1,186
FY2022	$310	$465
FY2023	$27.93	$76.52
FY2024	$151	$120
FY2025	$45.41	$148
FY2026	$28.21

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Douglas County, Kansas
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Douglas County, Kansas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	2.5%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/20045

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Douglas County, Kansas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Douglas County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Lawrence, KS83Central county

Cities and towns in Douglas County

Places whose residents live mostly in Douglas County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	−4.2%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+3.3%
2018	+5.3%	+6.8%
2019	+10.1%	+10.5%
2020	+20.1%	+19.4%
2021	+25.2%	+26.1%
2022	+30.1%	+30.6%
2023	+36.6%	+35.0%
2024	+45.5%	+41.0%
2025	+49.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	−5.6%	−5.5%
2015	−1.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.2%	+4.1%
2018	+10.1%	+8.9%
2019	+14.1%	+13.5%
2020	+21.0%	+20.8%
2021	+29.1%	+32.1%
2022	+31.9%	+35.4%
2023	+38.7%	+42.9%
2024	+45.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	3.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	7.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	11.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	−11.2%	−6.9%
2015	−5.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.0%	+4.7%
2018	+3.0%	+7.5%
2019	+12.8%	+14.0%
2020	+17.5%	+16.9%
2021	+7.8%	+21.0%
2022	+21.7%	+29.7%
2023	+23.7%	+34.9%
2024	+32.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	−7.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+28.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+44.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+56.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+65.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+75.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+80.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	4.1%	6.2%
2015	3.7%	5.3%
2016	3.4%	4.9%
2017	3.0%	4.4%
2018	2.9%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	5.6%	8.1%
2021	3.1%	5.4%
2022	2.6%	3.7%
2023	2.6%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	19.4%	15.5%
2015	19.4%	14.7%
2016	15.8%	14.0%
2017	15.9%	13.4%
2018	17.0%	13.1%
2019	15.1%	12.3%
2020	11.8%	11.9%
2021	15.9%	12.8%
2022	15.1%	12.6%
2023	13.3%	12.5%
2024	14.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.8% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.3% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.3% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+12.8% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+20.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+29.2% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+38.3% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+51.4% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+61.1% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	11.3%	13.5%
2015	9.8%	10.9%
2016	10.3%	10.0%
2017	9.2%	10.2%
2018	8.4%	10.4%
2019	9.7%	10.8%
2020	9.3%	10.4%
2021	10.8%	10.2%
2022	9.7%	9.5%
2023	9.1%	9.5%
2024	9.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Kansas	United States
2014	5.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.6/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined3

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Representation in Congress

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Metro area

Cities and towns in Douglas County

Neighboring counties

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Data and sources

Improved7

Declined3

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Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

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