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GNIS ID. 473862 [3] Website. wichita.gov. Wichita ( / ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː / WITCH-ih-taw) [10] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. [5] [6] The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. [8]
The average household size was 2.5 and the average family size was 3.2. 24.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 97.5 males.
Prehistory and exploration. The site at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers has served as a trading center and meeting place for nomadic hunting people for at least 11,000 years. [1] Human habitation in the Wichita area has been dated, in archeological digs, as far back as 3,000 B.C. [2]
Downtown Wichita is the central business district, government and social core of the Wichita metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Kansas.It is home to several of the area's major landmarks and event venues including the Epic Center, Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center, Intrust Bank Arena, Riverfront Stadium, Keeper of the Plains sculpture, the Old Town entertainment district, and ...
Wichita took third place based on the median household income of $71,484, median home price of $173,799 and monthly median rent of $1,079. The unemployment rate currently sits at 5.86%, according ...
Interstate 235 (Kansas) Interstate 235 ( I-235) in Kansas is a 16.52-mile-long (26.59 km) north–south bypass spur route of I-35 that travels through the western part of Wichita. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with I-135 / U.S. Highway 81 (US-81)/ K-15 / K-96 / K-254 north of the city, where the freeway continues east as K-254.
November 3, 2023 at 1:04 PM. The McDonald’s at 1050 N. Broadway closed “for good” on Tuesday. (Denise Neil/The Wichita Eagle) A popular McDonald’s location open in Wichita for about 60 ...
Wichita County, Texas; Wichita Mountains; In the military. Wichita-class cruiser, a heavy cruiser class of the US Navy USS Wichita (CA-45), the only ship of the class; active in World War II; Wichita-class replenishment oiler, a class of US Navy oilers from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s USS Wichita (AOR-1), the lead ship of the class; in ...