Cowley County

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administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Winfield
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
311 E 9th
Winfield, KS 67156-9631
Foundation : February 26, 1867
Made up from: Butler County
Area code : 001 620
Demographics
Residents : 36,311  (2010)
Population density : 12.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2933 km²
Water surface : 16 km²
map
Map of Cowley County within Kansas
Website : www.cowleycounty.org

Cowley County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Winfield .

geography

The county is located in southeast Kansas, borders Oklahoma to the south and has an area of ​​2933 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by counties in Kansas: Butler County , Elk Counties , Chautauqua Counties , Sumner Counties , and Sedgwick Counties .

history

Cowley County was formed on February 26, 1867 from parts of Butler County. It was named after Matthew Cowley , an important figure in the American Civil War .

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 158 -
1870 1175 643.7%
1880 21,538 1,733%
1890 34,478 60.1%
1900 30,156 -12.5%
1910 31,790 5.4%
1920 35,155 10.6%
1930 40.903 16.4%
1940 38,139 -6.8%
1950 36,905 -3.2%
1960 37,861 2.6%
1970 35,012 -7.5%
1980 36,824 5.2%
1990 36,915 0.2%
2000 36,291 -1.7%
2010 36,311 0.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Cowley County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , Cowley County had 36,291 people in 14,039 households and 9,616 families in Cowley County. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.13 percent white, 2.70 percent African American, 1.96 percent Native American, 1.53 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.36 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.3 percent were descended from 2 or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.59 percent of the population.

Of the 14,039 households, 32.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers, and 31.5 percent were non-families. 27.9 percent of all households were single households and 13.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.00 people.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 9.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 15.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 94.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 34,406 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,636. Males had a median income of $ 31,703 versus $ 21,341 women. The per capita income was $ 17,509.
9.2 percent of families and 12.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 484987. 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. ^ Cowley County, Kansas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 15 ′  N , 96 ° 59 ′  W