Cheyenne County, Colorado

Cheyenne County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Cheyenne Wells
Foundation :	March 25, 1889
Demographics
Residents :	1836  (2010)
Population density :	0.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	4614 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Cheyenne County [ ʃaɪˈɛn ] is an administrative unit ( county ) in the eastern part of the US state Colorado . The county seat is Cheyenne Wells .

geography

The county is enclosed by the counties Kit Carson in the north, Lincoln in the west and Kiowa in the south, while in the east the state border runs with Kansas and there the districts of Wallace and Greeley connect.

Cheyenne is extremely sparsely populated. Just about 2000 people live in an area roughly the size of the Ruhr area .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	534		-
1900	501		-6.2%
1910	3687		635.9%
1920	3746		1.6%
1930	3723		-0.6%
1940	2964		-20.4%
1950	3453		16.5%
1960	2789		-19.2%
1970	2396		-14.1%
1980	2153		-10.1%
1990	2397		11.3%
2000	2231		-6.9%
2010	1836		-17.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Cheyenne County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , the county had 2,231 people. There were 880 households and 602 families. The population density was 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.87 percent white, 0.49 percent African American, 0.76 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, 0.00 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.11 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 8.11 percent of the population.

Of the 880 households, 34.1 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.3 percent were married couples living together, 5.7 percent were single mothers. 31.5 percent were not families. 29.0 percent were single households and 12.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.12.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 28.8 percent of residents under the age of 18, 7.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 98.4 males.

The median income for a household in the 37,054 USD , and the median income for a family was 44,394 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,250 versus $ 19,286 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,850. 11.1 percent of the population and 8.7 percent of families are below the poverty line. These included 12.9 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 10.9 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Others

Cheyenne County hit the media in October 2013 when it became known that a majority of the population was in favor of a split from Colorado and the formation of a 51st state due to the rejection of stricter gun laws.

places

Arapahoe Aroya

Cheyenne Wells Fort Big Spring

Kit Carson Mount Pearl

Old Wells Wild horse

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198124. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ^ Extract from census.gov.Retrieved March 31, 2012

Web links

Commons : Cheyenne County, Colorado  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 49 ′  N , 102 ° 35 ′  W