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De Soto, Kansas

Demographic Snapshot

	De Soto	Johnson County	Kansas City MSA
Population, 2017	6,107	591,178	2,128,912
Population % Ch., 2007-2017	11.95%	12.85%	7.47%
Median Age, 2016	38.5	37.1	37.4
Land Area (sq. mi.)	11.07	473.38	7,950
High School Grads, 2016	89.9%	95.8%	91.4%
College Grads, 2016	30.2%	53.6%	35%
Labor Force, 2017	N/A	332,197	1,128,859
Unemployment Rate, 2017	N/A	3%	3.8%
Note: Educational Attainment rates are for the population 25 years and older. Annual education attainment rates are not available for communities under 25,000 population. For consistency, the Educational Attainment data is from the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, American Community Survey; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Company	Type of Operation	Employees
Custom Foods	Frozen bread mfg.	32
De Soto USD 232	Education	900
Engineered Air	Large HVAC mfg.	250
Hillside Village of De Soto	Skilled nursing and assisted living	75
Huhtamaki Americas, Inc.	Paper products mfg.	450
Merck Animal Health	Pharmaceutical, large animal	170
Rehrig Pacific	Plastic containers & pallets mfg.	105