Merriam, Kansas demographics

Merriam, KS demographics: median age 39.3; 45.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Merriam city, Kansas · Incorporated city · GEOID 2046000. The survey estimates a population of 11,085 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Merriam is 39.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.5 years. There are 5,324 households (±296). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	39.3 ±2.5	37.4 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 11,085
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Under 18	1,971 ±387	17.8% ±3.5 pp	23.8%	22.0%
18–34	3,038 ±371	27.4% ±3.3 pp	23.1%	22.8%
35–64	4,006 ±440	36.1% ±4.0 pp	36.2%	38.0%
65 and older	2,070 ±300	18.7% ±2.7 pp	17.0%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 11,085
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Male	5,630 ±273	50.8% ±2.5 pp	50.2%	49.5%
Female	5,455 ±274	49.2% ±2.5 pp	49.8%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 11,085
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
White alone	8,760 ±435	79.0% ±3.9 pp	76.0%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	822 ±370	7.4% ±3.3 pp	5.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	140 ±158 · low precision	1.3% ±1.4 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.9%
Asian alone	183 ±90	1.7% ±0.8 pp	2.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	241 ±138 · low precision	2.2% ±1.2 pp · low precision	4.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	939 ±169	8.5% ±1.5 pp	10.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 11,085
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,893 ±266	89.2% ±2.4 pp	86.4%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,192 ±263	10.8% ±2.4 pp	13.6%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,324
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Married-couple family	2,065 ±186	38.8% ±2.7 pp	49.1%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	234 ±86	4.4% ±1.6 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	303 ±105	5.7% ±1.9 pp	9.8%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,357 ±360	44.3% ±6.3 pp	30.0%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	365 ±114	6.9% ±2.1 pp	6.5%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,324
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,035 ±158	19.4% ±2.8 pp	30.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	4,289 ±409	80.6% ±6.2 pp	69.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,324
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,357 ±360	44.3% ±6.3 pp	30.0%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,654 ±257	31.1% ±4.5 pp	35.2%	33.8%
Three-person households	553 ±137	10.4% ±2.5 pp	13.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	266 ±103	5.0% ±1.9 pp	11.7%	12.6%
Five-person households	312 ±147	5.9% ±2.7 pp	5.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	182 ±109 · low precision	3.4% ±2.0 pp · low precision	2.4%	2.2%
Seven or more people	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 11,085
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Native	10,262 ±261	92.6% ±2.3 pp	92.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	823 ±267	7.4% ±2.4 pp	7.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 10,544
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
English only	9,265 ±427	87.9% ±3.5 pp	87.9%	77.7%
Spanish	727 ±211	6.9% ±2.0 pp	8.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	226 ±309 · low precision	2.1% ±2.9 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	26 ±37 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	23 ±35 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	48 ±63 · low precision	0.5% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.6%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	48 ±60 · low precision	0.5% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	18 ±32 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	6 ±9 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	91 ±72 · low precision	0.9% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.8%	1.1%
Arabic	44 ±64 · low precision	0.4% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	22 ±24 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 8,141
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	304 ±109	3.7% ±1.3 pp	8.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	1,723 ±308	21.2% ±3.7 pp	25.4%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,583 ±326	19.4% ±3.9 pp	21.8%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	821 ±174	10.1% ±2.1 pp	9.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,551 ±317	31.3% ±3.7 pp	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,159 ±280	14.2% ±3.4 pp	13.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 11,005
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Same house	9,862 ±318	89.6% ±2.9 pp	85.7%	87.7%
Moved within same county	570 ±170	5.2% ±1.5 pp	7.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	420 ±223 · low precision	3.8% ±2.0 pp · low precision	3.2%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	145 ±86 · low precision	1.3% ±0.8 pp · low precision	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	8 ±14 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.8% of Merriam residents (±2.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 8.8% in Kansas and 8.4% nationally. 95.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Merriam	Kansas	U.S.	Compared with Kansas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.8% ±2.2 pp	8.8%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.3% ±1.3 pp	90.7%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.5% ±2.2 pp	6.8%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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