Sterling City, Kansas

Sterling City is one of the city of Rice County, Kansas, located towards the Midwestern Region (West North Central) of United States. The population of city in 2000 stood at 2642 as per the Census data. Its population was estimated at 2535 in July 2008, It is the 99th largest in terms of population. The city has a total area of 1.45 sq mi (3.76 square kilometre), of which, 1.42 square miles (3.68 square kilometre) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 square kilometre) of it is water, it is the 130th largest by area in the U.S. state of Kansas.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2642 people, 819 households, and 539 families residing in the city. The population density was 1861.3 people per square mile (718.65/kmē), making its Kansas's 77th most densely populated city. There were 963 housing units at an average density of 678.2 per square mile (261.85/kmē). It has an average household size was 2.34 persons, and the average family size was 2.94 persons. In the city the population was distributed as follows: 19.4% under the age of 18, 32.9% from 18 to 24, 17.3% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males. The median age was 23.2 years, The median age of males was 22.9 years, for females the median age was 23.6 years. The racial makeup of the city was 95.42% White, 1.51% Black or African American, 0.76% American Indian, 0.68% Asian, 0% Native Hawaiian, 0.91% from two or more races and 0.72% Other races.

Sterling city Kansas Population 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Population 2000-2008
Sterling city Kansas School Enrollment
School Enrollment 2000
Sterling City Kansas GDP
GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the city was $35282, it is 199th wealthiest city by median household income in Kansas. The median income for a family in the city was $40739, it is the 247th wealthiest city in terms of median family income. The per capita income for the city was $13229, it is the 137th lowest city by per capita income in the U.S. state of Kansas. The median income of city was $7399, Median income for males is $11587, compared with $4506 for females.

In 2000, 1278 pupils and students, of which 46.01% are male and 53.99% are female, 48.37% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 4.23% nursery or pri school, 1.49% kindergarten, 21.13% elementary school, 9.55% high school and 63.62% College graduate school.

YearPopulation
April 2000 census2642
April 2000 Estimate2681
July 2000 Estimate2675
July 2001 Estimate2653
July 2002 Estimate2637
July 2003 Estimate2617
July 2004 Estimate2621
July 2005 Estimate2597
July 2006 Estimate2565
July 2007 Estimate2533
July 2008 Estimate2535
SchoolMaleFemaleTotal
Nursery school282654
Kindergarten11819
Elementary school161109270
High school6062122
College or graduate school328485813
PlaceMedian household incomeMedian family incomePer capita income
Sterling city, Kansas$35282$40739$13229
Rice County, Kansas$35671$40960$16064
Kansas, United States$40624$49624$20506
United States$41994$50046$21587