Clark County, Kansas

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administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Ashland
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 886
Ashland, KS 67831-0886
Foundation : March 7, 1885
Made up from: Ford County
Area code : 001 620
Demographics
Residents : 2215  (2010)
Population density : 0.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2531 km²
Water surface : 7 km²
map
Map of Clark County within Kansas

Clark County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Ashland . 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 southwest Kansas, bordering Oklahoma to the south and has an area of ​​2531 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise in Kansas by Concordia Counties: Ford County , Kiowa County , Comanche County, and Meade Counties .

history

Clark County was formed on March 7, 1885 from parts of Ford County. It was named after Charles F. Clarke , an American Civil War officer who died at the Battle of Memphis .

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 163 -
1890 2357 1,346%
1900 1701 -27.8%
1910 4093 140.6%
1920 4989 21.9%
1930 4796 -3.9%
1940 4081 -14.9%
1950 3946 -3.3%
1960 3396 -13.9%
1970 2896 -14.7%
1980 2599 -10.3%
1990 2418 -7%
2000 2390 -1.2%
2010 2215 -7.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Clark County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Plain in Clark County

Clark County had a population of 2,390 people as of the 2000 census . Of these, 46 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 979 households and 676 families in Clark County. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 1.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from 2 or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population.

Of the 979 households, 30.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.3 percent were married couples living together, 6.2 percent were single mothers, and 30.9 percent were non-families. 29.6 percent of all households were single households and 17.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.95.

26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 4.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 21.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 88.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,857 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,521. Males had a median income of $ 27,321 versus $ 20,833 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,795. 11.3 percent of families and 12.7 percent of the population are below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 484982. 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. ^ Clark County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 11 ′  N , 99 ° 46 ′  W