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Merriam city is a Census place in KS. Its published county relationships are Johnson County, Kansas. Use the service address to confirm county-based assignments; a postal city name alone does not establish a Census boundary.
Geography source: 2025 Census county relationships; 2025 Gazetteer. These boundaries do not establish an AnSer office or your business’s service territory.
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Merriam city has an estimated 10,544 residents aged five and over in the 2020–2024 ACS. The table below breaks down home-language categories for this place; it does not measure your business’s callers.
Reported local estimates to compare with your caller records in Merriam: Spanish: 727 ±211; Other Asian and Pacific Island languages: 91 ±72. These are the largest point estimates among non-English home-language categories whose estimates exceed their margins of error. Differences have not been tested for statistical significance. Identify the actual caller language within grouped categories before discussing coverage.
| Language spoken at home | Estimated residents | Margin of error (±) |
|---|---|---|
| All residents aged 5 and over | 10,544 | 248 |
| Speak only English | 9,265 | 427 |
| Spanish | 727 | 211 |
| French, Haitian, or Cajun | 226 | 309 |
| German or other West Germanic languages | 26 | 37 |
| Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages | 23 | 35 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 48 | 63 |
| Korean | 0 | 18 |
| Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) | 48 | 60 |
| Vietnamese | 18 | 32 |
| Tagalog (including Filipino) | 6 | 9 |
| Other Asian and Pacific Island languages | 91 | 72 |
| Arabic | 44 | 64 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 22 | 24 |
Estimates have uncertainty; home language does not establish preferred call language or provider capabilities. Read the data definitions, limitations and planning method.
Source: Census table C16001 for Merriam.
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