Greeley County, Kansas

Greeley County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Tribune
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 208 Harper Street Tribune, KS 67879-0000
Foundation :	March 20, 1873
Area code :	001 620
Demographics
Residents :	1247  (2010)
Population density :	0.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2015 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map
Website : www.greeleycountygovernment.org

Greeley County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 1,247 people and a population density of 0.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is the Tribune . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in the extreme west of Kansas, borders Colorado and has an area of ​​2015 square kilometers with no significant water surface. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Wallace County , Wichita County, and Hamilton Counties .

history

Greeley County was formed on March 20, 1873. It was named after Horace Greeley , an American newspaper publisher and politician, editor of the New York Tribune , who coined the expression: "Go West, Young Man!"

The Greeley County Courthouse is the county's only entry on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 29, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	1264		-
1900	493		-61%
1910	1335		170.8%
1920	1028		-23%
1930	1712		66.5%
1940	1638		-4.3%
1950	2010		22.7%
1960	2087		3.8%
1970	1819		-12.8%
1980	1845		1.4%
1990	1774		-3.8%
2000	1534		-13.5%
2010	1247		-18.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Greeley County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Greeley County had 1,534 people. Of these, 27 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 602 households and 414 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian, 0.1 percent from the Pacific island area and 5.2 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.5 percent of the population.

Of the 602 households, 34.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.1 percent were married couples living together, 4.5 percent were single mothers, and 31.2 percent were non-families. 28.6 percent of all households were single households and 12.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.10 people.

28.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 19.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 17.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 92.8 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 34,605 , and the median income for a family is $ 45,625. Males had a median income of $ 29,018 versus $ 18,984 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,974. 8.2 percent of families and 11.6 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

See also

• List of cities in Kansas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 485002. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
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. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 2, 2012
6. ^ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Greeley County, Kansas , data sheet with the results of the census in 2000 at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Homepage Kansas Government (Engl.)

Coordinates: 38 ° 29 ′  N , 101 ° 49 ′  W