Atchison, Kansas Demographics

Atchison is 4th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Female residents

Atchison is 11th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Atchison is 14th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Atchison is 18th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Atchison	Rank	Kansas	US
Current population (2012)	10,953	34th	2,885,905	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7.8	36th	81,758.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,408.4	38th	34.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Atchison	Rank	Kansas	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	37th	7.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.7%	44th	25.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	23rd	13.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Atchison	Rank	Kansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.7%	46th	89.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.2%	29th	29.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Atchison	Rank	Kansas	US
Race - White	87.9%	29th	87.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.2%	11th	6.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	41st	1.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	48th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.1%	26th	2.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	59th	11.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.2%	24th	77.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Atchison	Rank	Kansas	US
Female residents	52.8%	4th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	56th	6.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Atchison	Rank	Kansas	US
Housing units	4,442	36th	1,237,651	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.1%	18th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	3,932	36th	1,104,479	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	60.1%	50th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$84,000	47th	$125,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	27th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Atchison	Rank	Kansas	US
Income per capita	$20,915	44th	$26,545	$27,915
Income per household	$40,850	43rd	$50,594	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.4%	22nd	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Atchison	Rank	Kansas	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	861	38th	237,040	27,092,908
Retail sales	$123,544	40th	$34,538,332	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,852	41st	$12,444	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,931	33rd	$4,192,347	$613,795,732