Grant County, Kansas

administration
Grant County Courthouse
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Ulysses
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 108 S. Glenn Ulysses, KS 67880-2551
Foundation :	March 6, 1873
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 620
Demographics
Residents :	7829 (2010)
Population density :	5.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1489 km²
Water surface :	0.45 km²
map

Website : www.grantcoks.org

Grant County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat and only city is Ulysses . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southwest of Kansas, about 45 km to the west of Colorado and south of Oklahoma , and covers an area of 1,489 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Kearny County , Finney County , Haskell County , Stevens County , Stanton County, and Hamilton County .

history

Grant County was formed as the original Free Territory county on March 6, 1873. It was named after Ulysses S. Grant , a general of the Northern States in the American Civil War and 18th US President .

Graham County has a National Historic Landmark , Lower Cimarron Spring . A total of 4 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 29, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	1308	-
1900	422	-67.7%
1910	1087	157.6%
1920	1087	0%
1930	3092	184.5%
1940	1946	-37.1%
1950	4638	138.3%
1960	5269	13.6%
1970	5961	13.1%
1980	6977	17%
1990	7159	2.6%
2000	7909	10.5%
2010	7829	-1 %
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Grant County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , there were 7,909 people in Grant County. 71 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 2742 households and 2097 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 77.00 percent white, 0.21 percent African American, 0.86 percent Native American, 0.37 percent Asian and 19.46 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.10 percent were descended from 2 or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 34.67 percent of the population.

Of the 2,742 households, 43.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 66.4 percent were married couples living together, 7.1 percent were single mothers, and 23.5 percent were non-families. 21.0 percent of all households were single households and 8.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.34 people.

32.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 20.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 9.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 97.5 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 39,854 , and the median income for a family was $ 44,914. Males had a median income of $ 34,464 versus $ 22,000 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,072. 6.5 percent of families and 10.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 485099. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Kansas . National Park Service , accessed August 29, 2017.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 29, 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

^ Grant County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

37.58 -101.3575Coordinates: 37 ° 35 ′ N , 101 ° 21 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 485099. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Kansas . National Park Service , accessed August 29, 2017.

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 29, 2017.

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

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