The population of Rice county is estimated at 9,809. In 2017 there were 131 births and 96 deaths in Rice county. Rice county has 1,532 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,420 that are owned free and clear and 954 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Rice County filed 4,100 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Kansas filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Rice had a combined total federal tax liability of $25,704,000 on earned income of $197,852,000. Other notable statistics from Rice County were 140 unemployment claims which collected a total of $474,000 and 510 charitable contributions valued at $3,065,000. 560 filings from Rice County paid a combined total of $1,519,000 in property taxes and 350 filings paid $1,674,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Rice county had 36 religious congregations with an estimated 5,937 members.
22.5% of the Rice population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 36% of Rice County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 55 votes.
At $51,102 the median income is 90.6% of the Kansas average. An estimated 174 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Rice, the equivalant of around 3.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Rice County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
400	Health care and social assistance
328	Manufacturing
280	Retail trade
234	Chemical manufacturing
216	Food services and drinking places
143	Professional, scientific, and technical services
139	Finance and insurance
113	Wholesale trade
110	Transportation and warehousing
100	Food and beverage stores
83	Grocery stores
80	Commercial banking
80	State commercial banks (banking)
71	Truck transportation
64	Full-service restaurants

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