Phillips County, Kansas

administration
Phillips County Courthouse
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Phillipsburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 301 State Street Phillipsburg, KS 67661-1941
Foundation :	February 26, 1867
Area code :	001 785
Demographics
Residents :	5642 (2010)
Population density :	2.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2318 km²
Water surface :	22 km²
map

Website : www.phillipscounty.org

Phillips County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Phillipsburg .

geography

The county is located in northern Kansas, bordering Nebraska and has an area of 2318 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Smith County , Rooks County , Graham County, and Norton Counties .

history

Phillips County was formed on February 26, 1867. It was named after William Phillips, an activist and opponent of slavery .

9 buildings 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%
1880	12,014	-
1890	13,061	8.7%
1900	14,442	10.6%
1910	14,150	-2%
1920	12,505	-11.6%
1930	12,159	-2.8%
1940	10,435	-14.2%
1950	9273	-11.1%
1960	8709	-6.1%
1970	7888	-9.4%
1980	7406	-6.1%
1990	6590	-11%
2000	6001	-8.9%
2010	5642	-6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Phillips County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Phillips County had 6,001 people in 2,496 households and 1,722 families in Phillips County. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.25 percent white, 0.25 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.45 percent Asian and 0.03 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.72 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.67 percent of the population.

Of the 2,496 households, 28.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.5 percent were married couples living together, 5.5 percent were single mothers, and 31.0 percent were non-families. 28.6 percent of all households were single households and 15.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.89 people.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 5.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 23.2 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.8 percent between 45 and 64 years and 21.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 91.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 35,013 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,638. Males had a median income of $ 29,609 versus $ 17,827 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,121.
7.2 percent of families and 10.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 485037. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 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 16, 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

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

39.774722222222 -99.2275Coordinates: 39 ° 46 ′ N , 99 ° 14 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 485037. 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 16, 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] Phillips County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .