Gray County, Kansas

administration
Old Gray County Courthouse (2015)
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Cimarron
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 487 Cimarron, KS 67835-0487
Foundation :	March 13, 1881
Area code :	001 620
Demographics
Residents :	6006 (2010)
Population density :	2.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2252 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Gray County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Cimarron .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Kansas, about 55 km south of Oklahoma , and covers an area of 2,252 square kilometers. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Finney County , Hodgeman County , Ford County , Meade County, and Haskell Counties .

history

Gray County was formed on March 13, 1881. It was named after Alfred Gray , a US politician and later Minister of Agriculture.

Three structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 29, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	2415	-
1900	1264	-47.7%
1910	3121	146.9%
1920	4711	50.9%
1930	6211	31.8%
1940	4773	-23.2%
1950	4894	2.5%
1960	4380	-10.5%
1970	4516	3.1%
1980	5138	13.8%
1990	5396	5%
2000	5904	9.4%
2010	6006	1.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Gray County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Gray County had 5,904 people in 2,045 households and 1,556 families in Gray County. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.31 percent white, 0.19 percent African American, 0.46 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.42 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.46 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.81 percent of the population.

Of the 2,045 households, 42.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 67.7 percent were married couples living together, 5.6 percent were single mothers, and 23.9 percent were non-families. 21.2 percent of all households were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.31 people.

31.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 20.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 12.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 100.1 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 96.2 men.

The median income for a household in the 40,000 USD , and the median income for a family was 45,299 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,519 versus $ 21,563 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,632.
6.5 percent of families and 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Worth seeing

The Florida Power and Light site is well worth seeing , as they have installed 170 wind turbines along US Highway 56 in the northeast of Montezuma , each around 60 m high with three rotor blades, each around 24 m long. Also worth seeing is US Highway 50, which follows the original Santa Fe Trail here in the county .

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

^ Gray County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
↑ 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 11, 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

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

Web links

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

Gray County Wind Farm (English)

37.733333333333 -100.45Coordinates: 37 ° 44 ′ N , 100 ° 27 ′ W

[1] Gray County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 29, 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 11, 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] Gray County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .