Finney County

administration
Finney County Courthouse
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Garden City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 311 N. 9th Street Garden City, KS 67846-5312
Foundation :	March 6, 1873
Made up from:	Marion County
Area code :	001 620
Demographics
Residents :	36,776 (2010)
Population density :	10.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3374 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.finneycounty.org

Finney County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Garden City .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Kansas and has an area of 3,374 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Scott County , Lane County , Ness County , Hodgeman County , Haskell County , Gray County , Grant County, and Kearny County .

history

Finney County was formed on March 6, 1873 from parts of Marion County. It was named after DW Finney , an assistant governor of Kansas.

10 buildings and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	4231	-
1900	3469	-18%
1910	6908	99.1%
1920	7674	11.1%
1930	11,014	43.5%
1940	10.092	-8.4%
1950	15.092	49.5%
1960	16.093	6.6%
1970	18,947	17.7%
1980	23,825	25.7%
1990	33,070	38.8%
2000	40,523	22.5%
2010	36,776	-9.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Finney County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Finney County Public Library

According to the 2000 census , Finney County had 40,523 people in 12,948 households and 9,749 families in Finney County. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 69.05 percent white, 1.25 percent African American, 0.96 percent Native American, 2.87 percent Asian, 0.08 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 22.99 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.8 percent were descended from 2 or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 43.30 percent of the population.

Of the 12,948 households, 46.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.8 percent were married couples living together, 10.5 percent were single mothers, and 24.7 percent were non-families. 19.6 percent of all households were single households and 6.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.55.

34.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 11.0 percent between 18 and 24 years, 31.1 percent between 25 and 44 years, 16.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 7.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 104.2 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 103.3 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 38,474 , and the median income for a family was $ 42,839. Males had a median income of $ 29,948 versus $ 21,510 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,377. 10.0 percent of families and 14.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 485326. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 28, 2017.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Finney County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

37.960555555556 -100.85583333333Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′ N , 100 ° 51 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 485326. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 28, 2017.

[3] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[5] Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

[6] Finney County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .