Crawford County, Kansas

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Crawford County Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse
administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Girard
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 249
Girard, KS 66743-0249
Foundation : February 13, 1867
Made up from: Bourbon County
Cherokee County
Area code : 001 620
Demographics
Residents : 39,134  (2010)
Population density : 25.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1541 km²
Water surface : 6 km²
map
Map of Crawford County within Kansas
Website : www.crawfordcountykansas.org

Crawford County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Girard .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southeast of Kansas, borders Missouri to the east , is about 25 miles from Oklahoma to the south and has an area of ​​1,541 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Bourbon County , Cherokee County , Labette County, and Neosho Counties .

history

Crawford County was formed on February 13, 1867 from parts of Bourbon County and Cherokee County. It was named after Samuel J. Crawford , the third governor of Kansas.

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 8160 -
1880 16,851 106.5%
1890 30,286 79.7%
1900 38,809 28.1%
1910 51,178 31.9%
1920 61,800 20.8%
1930 49,329 -20.2%
1940 44.191 -10.4%
1950 40.231 -9%
1960 37.032 -8th %
1970 37,850 2.2%
1980 37,916 0.2%
1990 35,568 -6.2%
2000 38,242 7.5%
2010 39.134 2.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Crawford County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Lake in Crawford State Park

According to the 2000 census , Crawford County had 38,242 people in 15,504 households and 9,441 families in Crawford County. The population density was 25 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.29 percent white, 1.83 percent African American, 0.94 percent Native American, 1.11 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.11 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.38 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 15,504 households, 28.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.9 percent were married couples living together, 9.3 percent were single mothers, and 39.1 percent were non-families. 30.6 percent of all households were single households and 13.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 16.4 percent between 18 and 24 years, 25.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 20.2 percent between 45 and 64 years and 15.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 92.4 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,409 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,582. Males had a median income of $ 27,881 versus $ 21,517 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,245.
9.4 percent of families and 16.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 484988. 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. ^ Crawford County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 31 ′  N , 94 ° 50 ′  W