Moving to Topeka, Kansas

About Topeka, Kansas
Topeka

Topeka ( tə-PEE-kə) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka metropolitan statistical area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee Counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census.

The city, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free-State towns founded by Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city.

The city is well known for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.

Gender
Gender Topeka Kansas Country
Female 52.3% 50.2% 50.8%
Male 47.7% 49.8% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Topeka Kansas Country
Less than $10,000 6.2% 5.3% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 4.6% 4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 11% 8.7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.3% 9.6% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 17.3% 13.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 19.8% 18.7% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 12.7% 13.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 11.1% 15.1% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 3.3% 5.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2.7% 5.7% 8.3%
Education


Education Topeka Kansas Country
< 9th Grade 3% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 33% 26% 27.0%
Other College 23% 23% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 6% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 19% 21% 20.0%
Master's Degree 7% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Topeka Kansas Country
White 67.2% 75.3% 60.1%
African American 10.2% 5.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0.8% 0.6% 0.6%
Asian 1.7% 2.9% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.9% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 4% 3.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 15.3% 12.1% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity