Demographics of Liberal city, Kansas

Liberal city, Kansas had 19,010 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −737 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Liberal city, in four figures

19,010
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 19,316 ±422.; −3.7%
Change since July 2020: −737 people.; 30.6 ±1.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,706 ±$9,756
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Liberal city, Kansas's population shrank 3.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Liberal city, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Liberal city, Kansas's population shrank 3.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Liberal city, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	19,747	100.0	100.0
2021	19,664	99.6	100.2
2022	19,284	97.7	100.7
2023	19,100	96.7	101.6
2024	19,069	96.6	102.5
2025	19,010	96.3	103.1

Population of Liberal city, Kansas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	19,747	—
2021	19,664	−83
2022	19,284	−380
2023	19,100	−184
2024	19,069	−31
2025	19,010	−59

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 30.6 ±1.1: for men 30.3 ±1.7 and for women 31.1 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Liberal city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Under 5	1,738 ±107	9.0% ±0.5	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,205 ±507	21.8% ±2.6	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,181 ±339	11.3% ±1.7	10.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,111 ±402	26.5% ±2.0	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,097 ±446	21.2% ±2.3	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,984 ±296	10.3% ±1.5	17.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,706 ±$9,756, and income per person $29,479 ±$2,741, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,275 ±$475 in Kansas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Liberal city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kansas	United States
Under $25,000	722 ±247	11.1% ±3.8	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,045 ±425	31.3% ±6.4	18.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	923 ±240	14.1% ±3.6	17.7% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,039 ±247	15.9% ±3.7	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,066 ±289	16.3% ±4.4	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	201 to 669	3.1% to 10.2%	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	137 to 469	2.1% to 7.2%	9.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Liberal city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kansas	United States
All ages	2,491 ±764	13.1% ±4.0	11.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,059 ±403	17.9% ±6.5	13.1% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,134 ±360	11.5% ±3.6	11.5% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	298 ±125	9.5% ±3.8	9.0% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Liberal city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Liberal city	Kansas	United States
Housing units	7,444 ±143	1,293,635 ±880	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	87.8% ±3.2	90.8% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	12.2% ±3.5	9.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.4% ±5.7	67.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	40.6% ±6.2	32.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$137,100 ±$22,354	$217,200 ±$1,343	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$900 ±$66	$1,060 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1973 ±3	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Liberal city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	13,339 ±382	69.1% ±1.3	13.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,446 ±203	23.0% ±0.9	72.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	624 ±184	3.2% ±0.9	5.2% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	503 ±61	2.6% ±0.3	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	183 to 625	0.9% to 3.2%	4.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Liberal city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Born in the state	9,286 ±736	48.1% ±3.7	59.2% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,173 ±593	21.6% ±3.0	32.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 418	0% to 2.2%	1.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	5,668 ±496	29.3% ±2.5	7.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,541 ±418	13.2% ±2.1	3.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	3,127 ±540	16.2% ±2.8	4.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Liberal city among the places of Kansas

23rd of 65 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Kansas page.

Places of Kansas near Liberal city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Emporia city	24,131 ±30
Prairie Village city	22,874 ±55
Junction City city	22,331 ±27
Hays city	21,143 ±24
Pittsburg city	20,637 ±26
Liberal city	19,316 ±422
Newton city	18,397 ±22
Andover city	15,965 ±404
Great Bend city	14,479 ±31
McPherson city	13,995 ±35
El Dorado city	12,769 ±49

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Kansas by foreign-born share
No. 1 Places in Kansas by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 3 Places in Kansas by poverty rate
No. 18 Places in Kansas by median household income
No. 21 Places in Kansas by homeownership rate
No. 32 Places in Kansas by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026