The Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, is an area consisting of two counties in Kansas

Kansas

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, anchored by the city of Emporia

Emporia, Kansas

Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 24,916. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with Interstates 335 and 35 on the Kansas Turnpike...

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As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the μSA had a population of 38,965 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 36,399).

Communities

• Places with more than 20,000 inhabitants
  • Emporia
    Emporia, Kansas
    Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 24,916. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with Interstates 335 and 35 on the Kansas Turnpike...
    
     (Principal city)

• Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants
  • Americus
    Americus, Kansas
    Americus is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 894. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Americus is located at...
    
    
  • Cottonwood Falls
    Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
    Cottonwood Falls is the largest city and county seat of Chase County, Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 903.-History:-19th century:...
    
    
  • Hartford
    Hartford, Kansas
    Hartford is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 371. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Hartford is located at...
    
    
  • Olpe
    Olpe, Kansas
    Olpe is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 546. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Olpe is located at...
    
    
  • Strong City
    Strong City, Kansas
    Strong City is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States. It is named after William Barstow Strong, former president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 485.-19th century:...
    
    

• Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants
  • Admire
    Admire, Kansas
    Admire is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 156. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Admire is located at...
    
    
  • Allen
    Allen, Kansas
    Allen is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 177. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Allen is located at...
    
    
  • Neosho Rapids
    Neosho Rapids, Kansas
    Neosho Rapids is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 265. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Neosho Rapids is located at...
    
    
  • Bushong
    Bushong, Kansas
    Bushong is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 34. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bushong is located at...
    
    
  • Reading
    Reading, Kansas
    Reading is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 231. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
    
    
  • Cedar Point
    Cedar Point, Kansas
    Cedar Point is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 28.-History:In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a main line east-west through Cedar Grove. In 1996, it merged with Burlington Northern Railroad and renamed to the...
    
    
  • Elmdale
    Elmdale, Kansas
    Elmdale is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 55.-19th century:In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a main line east-west through Elmdale. In 1996, it merged with Burlington Northern Railroad and renamed to the current...
    
    
  • Matfield Green
    Matfield Green, Kansas
    Matfield Green is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 47.-Geography:Matfield Green is located at ., in the scenic Flint Hills of the Great Plains...
    
    

• Unincorporated places
  • Bazaar
    Bazaar, Kansas
    Bazaar is an unincorporated community in Chase County, Kansas, United States. The community is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is notable for being near the place of the 1931 Trans World Airlines Flight 599 crash that killed University of Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne...
    
    

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 38,965 people, 14,937 households, and 9,456 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 84.33% White, 2.17% African American, 0.47% Native American, 1.89% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 9.07% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 2.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.56% of the population.

The median income for a household in the μSA was $32,738, and the median income for a family was $41,480. Males had a median income of $28,134 versus $21,433 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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for the μSA was $16,573.