Prairie Village, Kansas

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The 2000 Census showed that Prairie Village had a population of 22,072 people^<1>. This represents 0.82% of the total population of Kansas, making it the state's 17th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
14	Leawood	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	31,342	13.33% increase
15	Emporia	SW	92 mi [148.1 km]	26,380	1.42% decrease
16	Dodge City	W	303 mi [487.6 km]	25,689	2.04% increase
-17-	Prairie Village			21,479	2.69% decrease
18	Hays	W	251 mi [403.9 km]	20,368	1.77% increase
19	Liberal	W	367 mi [590 km]	20,074	2.07% increase
20	Pittsburg	S	108 mi [173.8 km]	19,649	2.11% increase

Prairie Village had 10,126 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Prairie Village has an area^<4> of 6.22 square miles [16.12 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Prairie Village had a 2000 population density of 3,547 people per square mile [1,369 people/km²], making it the state's 5th most densely populated area.

Johnson County

The city of Prairie Village is located in Johnson County.

The county had a population of 454,605 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 22,072 people, Prairie Village contained 4.86% of the Johnson County total.

In addition, where the community of Prairie Village has a population density of 3,547 people per square mile [1,369 people/km²], Johnson County averages 953 people per square mile [368.1 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Johnson County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Prairie Village and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Prairie Village. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Prairie Village, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Lenexa	QF-2039350	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	46,822	16.36% increase
	Overland Park	QF-2053775	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	171,231	14.86% increase
	Shawnee	QF-2064500	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	60,954	27% increase
	Raytown (MO)	QF-2960788	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	28,194	7.22% decrease
	Kansas City	QF-2036000	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	142,562	2.93% decrease
	Kansas City (MO)	QF-2938000	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	451,572	2.27% increase
	Olathe	QF-2052575	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	119,993	29.08% increase
	Lee's Summit (MO)	QF-2941348	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	84,208	19.11% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Prairie Village.

A Census Quickfact is available for Johnson County (QF-29091).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Johnson County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Wyandotte	QF-20209	N	154,287	2.26% decrease
	Jackson (MO)	QF-29095	NE	668,417	1.94% increase
	Cass (MO)	QF-29037	SE	98,429	19.17% increase
	Miami	QF-20121	S	30,989	8.7% increase
	Franklin	QF-20059	SW	26,562	6.89% increase
	Douglas	QF-20045	W	114,748	14.43% increase
	Leavenworth	QF-20103	NW	74,276	7.77% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Prairie Village:

Prairie Village is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Prairie Village.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Prairie Village. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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