Cherokee County, Kansas

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administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Columbus
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 14
Columbus, KS 66725-0014
Foundation : August 30, 1855
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 620
Demographics
Residents : 21,603  (2010)
Population density : 14.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1531 km²
Water surface : 10 km²
map
Map of Cherokee County within Kansas

Cherokee County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Columbus . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in the extreme southeast of Kansas, borders Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south and has an area of ​​1,531 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Crawford County and Labette Counties .

history

Cherokee 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 the Cherokee , still the largest Indian people in North America .

9 structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 1501 -
1870 11,038 635.4%
1880 21,905 98.5%
1890 27,770 26.8%
1900 42,694 53.7%
1910 38.162 -10.6%
1920 33,609 -11.9%
1930 31,457 -6.4%
1940 29,817 -5.2%
1950 25,144 -15.7%
1960 22,279 -11.4%
1970 21,549 -3.3%
1980 22.304 3.5%
1990 21,374 -4.2%
2000 22.605 5.8%
2010 21,603 -4.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Cherokee County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The Edgar Backus Schermerhorn House , listed in the NRHP
Tri-state marker

As of the 2000 census , Cherokee County had 22,605 people in 8,875 households and 6,239 families in Cherokee County. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.27 percent white, 0.61 percent African American, 3.45 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.50 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.9 percent were descended from 2 or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.29 percent of the population.

Of the 8,875 households, 32.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.6 percent were married couples living together, 9.7 percent were single mothers, and 29.7 percent were non-families. 26.3 percent of all households were single households and 13.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.02.

26.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.4 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.1 percent between 45 and 64 years and 15.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 90.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,505 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,284. Males had a median income of $ 29,045 versus $ 19,675 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,710. 11.4 percent of families and 14.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 484980. 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. Jump up ↑ Cherokee County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Cherokee County, Kansas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 37 ° 19 ′  N , 94 ° 46 ′  W