Scores by category

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

Safety9#2,806/3,096
Economy69#974/3,143
Housing62#1,188/3,140
Health47#1,667/3,144
Healthcare81#588/3,143
Environment13#2,712/3,108
Education49#1,616/3,144
Infrastructure97#97/3,144
Community52#1,504/3,144
Leisure & amenities45#1,726/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low8 mi
98/100Kansas 51 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Flu vaccinations · high50.0%
89/100Kansas 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dental care shortage · low0.0
88/100Kansas 3.6United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Primary care physicians · high89 /100k
87/100Kansas 79 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · high6.8 /1k
87/100Kansas 4.2 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Broadband subscriptions · high91.9%
86/100Kansas 90.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high3,972 /100k
1/100Kansas 1,797 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Violent crime rate · high1,029 /100k
1/100Kansas 457 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
High ozone days · high3 days
8/100Kansas 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.9 µg/m³
8/100Kansas 8.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Median Air Quality Index · high48
10/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drug overdose deaths · high27.8 /100k
16/100Kansas 15.3 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 16% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
4.0 /1k (2021) → 6.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
New business applicationsImproving
9.0 /1k (2020) → 14.6 /1k (2025)
+63%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.3% (2015-2019) → 91.9% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
19.3% (Dec 2021) → 26.3% (Aug 2026)
+7 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
39.7 /100k (2021) → 27.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−30%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /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, Sedgwick County, Kansas improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 17 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.

Improved12

Suicides−24%22.9 /100k → 17.4 /100k
Unemployment−4.4 points8.5% → 4.1%
Firearm deaths−29%24.0 /100k → 17.0 /100k
New businesses+63%9.0 /1k → 14.6 /1k
Homicides−30%11.6 /100k → 8.1 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.5× → 2.9×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Sedgwick County, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.8 /10k2020	3.3 /10k2025	+19%	Within the margin of error	70%
Average commute time	19.3 min2015-2019	19.3 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Average weekly wage	$9952020	$1,2142025	+22%	Improved	37%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Improved	26%
Broadband subscriptions	82.3%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Improved	47%
Child poverty rate	16.5%2019	15.5%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Distance to an airport	8 mi2020	8 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	27.8 /100k2020	27.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	25%
Effective property tax rate	1.32%2015-2019	1.18%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	58%
Firearm deaths	24.0 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	87%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+2.4%	Within the margin of error	64%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+19%	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	89.6%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	44%
Homicide rate	11.6 /100k2020	8.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−30%	Improved	53%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,6832019	$71,1702024	+26%	Improved	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4622020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$60,0142019	$71,0442024	+18%	Improved	18%
New business applications	9.0 /1k2020	14.6 /1k2025	+63%	Improved	71%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	57%
Poverty rate	12.6%2019	12.5%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Property crime rate	4,499 /100k2020	3,972 /100k2025	−12%	Improved	18%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	66%
Public transit commuters	0.6%2015-2019	0.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent as share of income	28.0%2015-2019	27.4%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	45.5%2015-2019	44.2%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Restaurants and bars	8.3 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	−3.9%	Within the margin of error	38%
Students per teacher	14.8×2019	14.3×2024	−0.5×	Little change	45%
Suicide rate	22.9 /100k2020	17.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Improved	88%
Traffic deaths	11.4 /100k2015-2019	12.1 /100k2020-2024	+5.6%	Within the margin of error	48%
Unemployment rate	8.5%2020	4.1%2025	−4.4 points	Improved	88%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.3%2019	12.1%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Violent crime rate	1,085 /100k2020	1,029 /100k2025	−5.1%	Improved	38%

“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 Sedgwick County, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sedgwick 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, Sedgwick County, Kansas itself moved +2.1 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

528,226 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: 50–59 women (−0.7 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

528,226 residents

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

White65%342,872
Black7.6%40,074
Hispanic or Latino17%87,159
Asian4.2%22,093
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%2,284
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†380
Other or two or more races6.3%33,364

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.2 points).

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

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

346,783 residents (±96)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma10%36,353
High school or GED26%89,406
Some college23%79,279
Associate degree8.8%30,548
Bachelor's degree20%70,504
Graduate degree12%40,693

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Some college (−1.2 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

206,768 households (±1,311)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k15%30,491
$25k–50k21%43,142
$50k–75k18%37,574
$75k–100k14%28,331
$100k–150k17%34,411
$150k–200k8.2%16,955
$200k or more7.7%15,864

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−5.7 points).

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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

206,768 households (±1,311)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

Own63%130,395
Rent37%76,373

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

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

Rent paid

73,363 households (±1,687)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $75021%15,370
$750–1,00029%21,488
$1,000–1,50037%26,809

Home values

130,395 homes (±1,743)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k32%41,985
$150k–250k32%41,823
$250k–400k23%30,512

Age of homes

227,638 homes (±171)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later10%23,565
2000–200912%26,974
1980–199925%56,599

Size of homes

227,638 homes (±171)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio2.9%6,584
1 bedroom11%25,241
2 bedrooms25%57,403

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

252,549 workers (±2,332)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone79%199,795
Carpool9.3%23,537
Public transit0.6%1,532
Walk1.1%2,791
Bike0.3%†857
Work from home8.1%20,451
Other1.4%3,586

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−5.2 points).

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

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

Time to get to work

232,098 workers (±2,314)

Sedgwick County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min32%75,386
15–29 min51%118,705
30–44 min12%27,205

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 Wichita, 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.

Sedgwick County has 12,710 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 0.93× Kansas's), with 237,173 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,399. The Census Bureau also counts 39,790 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 12,710; 39,790 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 237,173
Average annual pay: $58,399; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,258	23.8	1.14×About typical	16,087	$68,426	1,988
Restaurants and other eating places	1,005	19	1.03×About typical	22,304	$20,036	159
Specialty trade contractors	851	16.1	1.04×About typical	10,222	$61,836	2,505
Lessors of real estate	585	11	0.90×About typical	2,761	$45,925	4,684
Limited-service restaurants	491	9.3	1.16×About typical	10,525	$18,844	68
Offices of physicians	411	7.8	1.20×About typical	6,777	$92,204	440
Offices of other health practitioners	398	7.5	1.24×About typical	1,998	$46,925	1,129
Full-service restaurants	394	7.4	0.97×About typical	10,293	$21,104	66
Services to buildings and dwellings	365	6.9	1.02×About typical	3,735	$34,465	2,184
Religious organizations	343	6.5	1.17×About typical	3,644	$24,740	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	329	6.2	1.41×More than typical	1,602	$71,079	693
Construction of buildings	323	6.1	0.81×About typical	3,583	$65,341	1,045

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 529,452 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 $258.1M on contracts performed in Sedgwick County, Kansas: $479 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $258.1M; −76% vs FY2025
Per resident: $479; US $1,994
Sole-source: 48%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.3%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$150.6M58%
Federal Aviation Administration$73.9M29%
Department of the Air Force$50.8M20%
Department of the Army$27.6M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs$23M8.9%
Agricultural Marketing Service$14.1M5.5%
Environmental Protection Agency$5.8M2.2%
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$4.3M1.7%

Top recipients

ENVISION XPRESS INC$99.2M38%
TEXTRON AVIATION INC$76.2M30%
LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPOSITES INC$52.1M20%
TEXTRON AVIATION DEFENSE LLC$28.7M11%
NATIVE AMERICAN ENTERPRISES, LLC$13.7M5.3%

Spending by fiscal year

445.6MFY2017
481.4MFY2018
405.1MFY2019
424.2MFY2020
520.5MFY2021
812.6MFY2022
631.8MFY2023
852.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$107.5M42%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$105.2M41%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$25.7M10.0%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$25M9.7%
Animal slaughtering and processing · 3116$14.1M5.5%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$12M

Largest awards

METS A/C FULL RATE PRODUCTION LOT I$677M
TEXTRON AVIATION INC· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 25, 2023 – May 13, 2026· N0001923C0020
PROCURE MODIFIED COMMERCIAL KING AIR 360ER AIRCRAFT - FPFM$181.1M
TEXTRON AVIATION INC· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 21, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 6973GH26F00864
BUILDING PARTNERSHIP CAPACITY T-6C AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION$139M
TEXTRON AVIATION DEFENSE LLC· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 12, 2022 – Feb 9, 2026· FA861722C6238
LETTER CONTRACT

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 $3.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Sedgwick County, Kansas: $5,798 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.1B; −3.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,798; US $12,955
Loan face value: $159.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2B64%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$310.5M9.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$219.2M7.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$169.1M5.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$89.7M2.9%
12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering$64.9M2.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$52.7M1.7%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$23.7M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY$134.7M4.3%
WICHITA, KS
CITY OF WICHITA$31.4M1.0%
WICHITA, KS
KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$21.7M0.7%
TOPEKA, KS
CHILD START, INC.$15.1M0.5%
WICHITA, KS
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OF APPLIED SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY

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$2.5B79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$352.1M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$65.4M2.1%
Department of the Army$64.9M2.1%
Department of Defense
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$27.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

2.8BFY2021
2.8BFY2022
2.8BFY2023
3BFY2024
3.2BFY2025
3.1BFY2026

County aggregates

91%

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 Sedgwick 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.

Sedgwick County, Kansas
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sedgwick County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
FY2017	$868	$1,436
FY2018	$937	$1,552
FY2019	$784	$1,654
FY2020	$808	$1,880
FY2021	$992	$1,810
FY2022	$1,547	$1,917
FY2023	$1,193	$2,079
FY2024	$1,596	$2,047
FY2025	$2,013	$2,165
FY2026	$479 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sedgwick County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
FY2017	$100	$93.28
FY2018	$124	$105
FY2019	$51.32	$128
FY2020	$67.89	$145
FY2021	$73.44	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sedgwick County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$1,503	$5,748
FY2022	$2,081	$5,221
FY2023	$1,492	$5,364
FY2024	$1,907	$5,501
FY2025	$2,308	$5,732
FY2026	$691

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sedgwick County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$131	$298
FY2022	$263	$357
FY2023	$97.61	$301
FY2024	$56.35	$319
FY2025	$85.08	$360
FY2026	$66.66

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sedgwick County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$96.63	$239
FY2022	$72.92	$185
FY2023	$79.86	$229
FY2024	$76.21	$229
FY2025	$88.54	$249
FY2026	$73.50

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sedgwick County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$116	$2,304
FY2022	$57.51	$2,197
FY2023	$67.33	$2,274
FY2024	$53.15	$2,267
FY2025	$65.37	$2,397
FY2026	$69.75

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sedgwick County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$1,057	$1,186
FY2022	$399	$465
FY2023	$67.16	$76.52
FY2024	$86.19	$120
FY2025	$82.15	$148
FY2026	$86.39

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.

Sedgwick County, Kansas
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Sedgwick County, Kansas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	1.2%	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/20173

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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.

Sedgwick County, Kansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ron EstesR-KS-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

Wichita, KS54Central county

Cities and towns in Sedgwick County

Places whose residents live mostly in Sedgwick 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

JSON · /api/v1/places/20173

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	−0.8%	−4.2%
2015	+0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.5%	+3.3%
2018	+4.6%	+6.8%
2019	+7.1%	+10.5%
2020	+13.2%	+19.4%
2021	+15.2%	+26.1%
2022	+23.1%	+30.6%
2023	+28.8%	+35.0%
2024	+32.7%	+41.0%
2025	+38.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	+6.6%	−5.5%
2015	+2.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.0%	+4.1%
2018	+8.2%	+8.9%
2019	+12.0%	+13.5%
2020	+13.9%	+20.8%
2021	+24.4%	+32.1%
2022	+23.6%	+35.4%
2023	+30.4%	+42.9%
2024	+35.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	2.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	−2.7%	−6.9%
2015	−3.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+4.7%
2018	+7.2%	+7.5%
2019	+14.1%	+14.0%
2020	+13.6%	+16.9%
2021	+15.1%	+21.0%
2022	+23.0%	+29.7%
2023	+28.2%	+34.9%
2024	+35.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	−7.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+41.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+66.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+76.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+77.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	5.4%	6.2%
2015	4.8%	5.3%
2016	4.5%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	8.5%	8.1%
2021	4.6%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	14.7%	15.5%
2015	15.2%	14.7%
2016	14.9%	14.0%
2017	14.2%	13.4%
2018	13.4%	13.1%
2019	12.6%	12.3%
2020	13.4%	11.9%
2021	13.3%	12.8%
2022	15.7%	12.6%
2023	13.6%	12.5%
2024	12.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2015	−0.9% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.2% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.1% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+12.3% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+22.5% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+31.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+38.8% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+43.5% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+49.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	13.2%	13.5%
2015	13.5%	10.9%
2016	11.2%	10.0%
2017	11.4%	10.2%
2018	11.5%	10.4%
2019	12.3%	10.8%
2020	12.0%	10.4%
2021	12.5%	10.2%
2022	12.3%	9.5%
2023	11.6%	9.5%
2024	12.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Sedgwick County, Kansas	United States
2014	6.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.6/1k	16.6/1k

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