Census Data for Shields

As far as we can tell, Shields has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Shields, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Dighton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dighton
  • Dighton is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dighton <1>
• Utica
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
  • Utica is located in Ness County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <1>
• Gove City
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gove City
  • Gove City is located in Gove County
  • Gove City has also been known as:
  • Gove
• Scott City
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scott City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
  • Scott City is located in Scott County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott City <1>
• Ransom
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
  • Ransom is located in Ness County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ransom <1>

Lane County ...

Shields is located in Lane County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Shields ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Lane County or the community of Shields:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Shields:
  • GNIS ID for Shields: 471473
  • GNIS ID for Lane County: 485015
  • GNIS ID for State of Kansas: 481813

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 20 (Kansas)
  • County Code: 101 (Lane County)
  • Place Code: 65250 (Shields)
  • State & County Code: 20/101 (Kansas / Lane County)
  • State & Place Code: 20/65250 (Kansas / Shields)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Shields is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Shields.