Shawnee County is located in northeast Kansas. The County Seat is Topeka and the largest city is Topeka. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.snco.us/. The 2014 population estimate is 178,406 and the 2010 census population was 177,934. The land area is 544.02 square miles and there are 327.1 persons per square mile.
84.5% of the population is White, 8.8% is Black or African American, 11.5% is Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% is Asian, 1.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 3.9% is two or more races. 90.3% have a high school degree or higher, and 28.6% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $120,300, there are 72,584 households, an average of 2.40 persons per household. The per capita income is $26,057, the median household income is $48,451, and 16.7% of the persons in Shawnee County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 12,500. Retail sales (in $1000) were $2,310,142, and sales per capita were $13,295. The percentage of black-owned firms is 2.7%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 31.4%.
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| Shawnee County Shawnee County, Kansas government official home page. |
| Agendas Shawnee County Commission current and archived Agendas, audio and video archives. |
| Cemetery Directory Shawnee County cemeteries, including interment records, cemetery maps, birth and death dates, gravestone photographs. |
| Commissioners | GIS Map GIS map search by address for the name and contact information of your county commissioner. |
| Court Dockets Third Judicial District Court of Shawnee County criminal, domestic, traffic, and collection dockets. |
| Court Documents District Court of Shawnee County online court document images. Account required. |
| Court Records Shawnee County Third Judicial District Court public access to case records. |
| Crime Map Shawnee County Sheriff Office GIS map of crime incidents. |
| Directory Shawnee County directory of offices and departments. |
| FEMA Flood Zones Shawnee County GIS map of properties in FEMA flood zones. |
| Jobs Human Resources Department list of available jobs with Shawnee County government. |
| Most Wanted Sheriff Office list of most wanted individuals in Shawnee County. |
| Property | Commercial Real Estate Shawnee County Appraiser commercial real estate record search. |
| Property | GIS Mobile and desktop GIS map property searches for Shawnee County. |
| Property | Residential Real Estate Residential real estate property records from the Shawnee County Appraiser. |
| Recorded Documents Pay Site Register of Deeds recorded document filing information and link to the Tapestry fee-based search. |
| Sex Offenders Kansas Bureau of Investigation sex offender registry. |
| Voter Precincts Shawnee County GIS map of commission, school, city council, house, representative, and other voter precinct districts. |
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