Rooks County, KS
Demographic and economic profile of Rooks County, KS, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Rooks County is a small, rural Kansas county of 4,869 residents with an economy rooted in agriculture, reflected in a GDP per capita of $44,339 against median worker earnings of $39,788. The labor force is tight—unemployment sits at 2.1%—though participation is 62.1% and just 24.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, with a median age of 45.7 years signaling an older workforce. Housing costs are low, with a median home value of $90,000 and median gross rent of $679/month, but the county has shed 4.9% of its population over the past five years.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-4.9% since 2018
Rooks County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone4,438 (92.2%)
- Black or African American Alone92 (1.9%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races88 (1.8%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race79 (1.6%)
- Some Other Race Alone60 (1.2%)
- Asian Alone33 (0.7%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish41
- 2.German or other West Germanic14
- 3.Other Asian and Pacific Island9
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance730
- 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining335
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)246
- 4.Other Services, Except Public Administration (Group)172
- 5.Manufacturing (Group)160
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations833
- 2.Service Occupations496
- 3.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations407
- 4.Sales & Office Occupations357
- 5.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations262
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 9.41×)363
- 2.Other Services (LQ 1.60×)182
- 3.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.40×)794
- 4.Public Administration (LQ 1.39×)159
- 5.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 0.86×)122
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.