Lawrence, Kansas Demographics

Lawrence is 2nd in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lawrence is 4th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lawrence is 4th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lawrence is 5th in Kansas out of 50 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Lawrence is 5th in Kansas out of 55 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lawrence is 5th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Race - Asian

Lawrence is 6th in Kansas out of 60 other cities in Current population (2012)

Lawrence is 6th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Households

Lawrence is 6th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Housing units

Lawrence is 6th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Kansas	US
Current population (2012)	89,512	6th	2,885,905	313,914,040
Size in square miles	33.6	8th	81,758.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,611.2	6th	34.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Kansas	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	59th	7.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.5%	59th	25.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.0%	57th	13.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Kansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	95.4%	11th	89.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	52.8%	4th	29.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Kansas	US
Race - White	82.0%	46th	87.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.7%	21st	6.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.1%	2nd	1.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.5%	5th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	23rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.1%	10th	2.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	36th	11.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.9%	42nd	77.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Kansas	US
Female residents	49.8%	52nd	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.9%	17th	6.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Kansas	US
Housing units	37,502	6th	1,237,651	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	38.4%	4th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	34,714	6th	1,104,479	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	45.9%	59th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$177,300	8th	$125,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	50th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Kansas	US
Income per capita	$24,614	26th	$26,545	$27,915
Income per household	$42,761	38th	$50,594	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.9%	6th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Kansas	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,883	5th	237,040	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,130,468	7th	$34,538,332	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,582	34th	$12,444	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$203,029	5th	$4,192,347	$613,795,732