Moving to Topeka, Kansas

About Topeka, Kansas
Topeka

Topeka ( tə-PEE-kə) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka metropolitan statistical area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee Counties, had a population of 233,152 in the 2020 census.

The city, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free-State towns founded by Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city.

The city is well known for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.

Gender
Gender Topeka Kansas Country
Female 52.3% 50.2% 50.8%
Male 47.7% 49.8% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.052%48%Female52.3%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.06%5%11%11%17%20%13%11%3%3%$50K to $75K19.8%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Topeka Kansas Country
Less than $10,000 6.2% 5.3% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 4.6% 4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 11% 8.7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.3% 9.6% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 17.3% 13.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 19.8% 18.7% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 12.7% 13.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 11.1% 15.1% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 3.3% 5.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2.7% 5.7% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.03%6%33%23%6%19%7%2%1%High School or GED33%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Topeka Kansas Country
< 9th Grade 3% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 33% 26% 27.0%
Other College 23% 23% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 6% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 19% 21% 20.0%
Master's Degree 7% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Topeka Kansas  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K6.25.35.84.644.1118.78.511.39.68.617.313.51219.818.717.212.713.512.811.115.115.63.35.97.12.75.78.3
Education
 Topeka Kansas  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade345657332627232320699192120799222111
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.067%10%1%2%15%0%4%1%White67.2%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Topeka Kansas Country
White 67.2% 75.3% 60.1%
African American 10.2% 5.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0.8% 0.6% 0.6%
Asian 1.7% 2.9% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.9% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 4% 3.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 15.3% 12.1% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Topeka Kansas  Country
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