Nemaha County, Kansas

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administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Seneca
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 186
Seneca, KS 66538-0186
Foundation : August 30, 1855
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 785
Demographics
Residents : 10,178  (2010)
Population density : 5.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1863 km²
Water surface : 4 km²
map
Map of Nemaha County within Kansas
Website : www.nemaha.kansasgov.com

Nemaha County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Seneca .

geography

The county is located in northeast Kansas, borders Nebraska to the north , is about 70 km from Missouri to the east, and covers an area of ​​1,863 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Brown County , Jackson County , Pottawatomie County, and Marshall County .

history

Nemaha County was formed as the original free territory county on August 30, 1855 and is one of the first 33 counties to be formed by the first territorial administration. It was named after the Nemaha River . On May 30, 1879, the Irving tornado hit the county. It reached strength F4 on the Fujita scale , which means a wind speed of 333-419 km / h, and left a path of devastation around 700 m wide and 160 km long. 18 people died and 60 were injured.

11 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 30, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 2436 -
1870 7330 200.9%
1880 12,462 70%
1890 19,249 54.5%
1900 20,376 5.9%
1910 19,072 -6.4%
1920 18,487 -3.1%
1930 18,342 -0.8%
1940 16,761 -8.6%
1950 14,341 -14.4%
1960 12,897 -10.1%
1970 11,825 -8.3%
1980 11,211 -5.2%
1990 10,446 -6.8%
2000 10,717 2.6%
2010 10.178 -5%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Age pyramid of Nemaha County (as of 2000)
Old Albany Schoolhouse , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Nemaha County had 10,717 people in 3,959 households and 2,763 families in Nemaha County. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.35 percent white, 0.49 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.17 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.60 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.71 percent of the population.

Of the 3,959 households, 34.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.9 percent were married couples living together, 5.1 percent were single mothers, and 30.2 percent were non-families. 28.0 percent of all households were single households and 16.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.20.

28.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 19.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 22.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 95.1 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 34,296 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,838. Males had a median income of $ 28,879 versus $ 19,340 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,121.
6.5 percent of families and 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 485029. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 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 15, 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@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  6. ^ Nemaha County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 39 ° 47 ′  N , 95 ° 58 ′  W