Rawlins County

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Rawlins County Courthouse
Rawlins County Courthouse
administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Atwood
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
607 Main Street
Atwood, KS 67730-1839
Foundation : March 20, 1873
Area code : 001 785
Demographics
Residents : 2519  (2010)
Population density : 0.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2771 km²
Water surface : 0 km²
map
Map of Rawlins County within Kansas
Website : www.rawlinscounty.info

Rawlins County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Atwood .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northwest of Kansas, borders Nebraska in the north , is about 50 km from Oklahoma in the west and has an area of ​​2,771 square kilometers with no significant water surface. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Decatur County , Thomas County , Sherman County, and Cheyenne Counties .

history

Rawlins County was formed on March 20, 1873. It was named after John Aaron Rawlins , a general of the Northern States in the American Civil War , confidante of Ulysses S. Grant and later Secretary of War of the United States.

Two of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 30, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 1623 -
1890 6756 316.3%
1900 5241 -22.4%
1910 6380 21.7%
1920 6799 6.6%
1930 7362 8.3%
1940 6618 -10.1%
1950 5728 -13.4%
1960 5279 -7.8%
1970 4393 -16.8%
1980 4105 -6.6%
1990 3404 -17.1%
2000 2966 -12.9%
2010 2519 -15.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Rawlins County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Rawlins County had a population of 2,966 people as of the 2000 census . 96 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 1269 households and 846 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

Of the 1,269 households, 27.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.5 percent were married couples living together, 4.9 percent were single mothers, and 33.3 percent were non-families. 31.4 percent of all households were single households and 17.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 3.8 percent between 18 and 24 years, 21.5 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 years and 25.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 95.1 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 32,105 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,074. Males had a median income of $ 26,719 versus $ 19,750 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,161.
7.9 percent of families and 12.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

Commons : Rawlins County  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 485040. Accessed 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. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ↑ Rawlins County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 39 ° 42 ′  N , 100 ° 49 ′  W