Butler County, Kansas

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Butler County Courthouse
Butler County Courthouse
administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : El Dorado
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
205 West Central
El Dorado, KS 67042-0000
Foundation : August 30, 1855
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 316
Demographics
Residents : 65,880  (2010)
Population density : 17.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 3746 km²
Water surface : 48 km²
map
Map of Butler County within Kansas
Website : www.bucoks.com

Butler County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is El Dorado .

geography

The county is located in southeastern Kansas, about 50 km south of Oklahoma , and has an area of ​​3746 square kilometers, of which 48 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Chase County , Greenwood County , Elk County , Cowley County , Sumner County , Harvey County , Sedgwick County, and Marion County .

history

Butler County was formed as the original Free Territory county on August 30, 1855 and is one of the first 33 counties to be formed by the first Territorial Administration. It was named after Andrew Butler , a US Senator from South Carolina .

24 buildings and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 437 -
1870 3035 594.5%
1880 18,586 512.4%
1890 24,055 29.4%
1900 23,363 -2.9%
1910 23,059 -1.3%
1920 43,842 90.1%
1930 35,904 -18.1%
1940 32,013 -10.8%
1950 31,001 -3.2%
1960 38,395 23.9%
1970 38,658 0.7%
1980 44,782 15.8%
1990 50,580 12.9%
2000 59,482 17.6%
2010 65,880 10.8%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Butler County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
View over El Dorado Lake

According to the 2000 census , Butler County had 59,482 people in 21,527 households and 16,059 families in Butler County. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.94 percent white, 1.38 percent African American, 0.91 percent Native American, 0.40 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.66 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.69 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.25 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 21,527 households, 37.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 62.6 percent were married couples living together, 8.3 percent were single mothers, and 25.4 percent were non-families. 21.9 percent of all households were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.13.

28.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 12.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 100.9 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 98.8 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 45,474 , and the median income for a family was $ 53,632. Males had a median income of $ 38,675 versus $ 26,109 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,150. 5.4 percent of families and 7.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

Commons : Butler County (Kansas)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 484977. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ^ Butler County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 42 ′  N , 96 ° 59 ′  W