Riley County

administration
Riley County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 05001249
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Manhattan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 110 Courthouse Plaza Manhattan, KS 66502-0125
Foundation :	August 25, 1855
Area code :	001 785
Demographics
Residents :	71,115 (2010)
Population density :	45 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1611 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map

Website : www.rileycountyks.gov

Riley County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Manhattan .

geography

The county is located in northeastern Kansas, about 45 km north of Nebraska , and has an area of 1611 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Marshall County , Pottawatomie County , Wabaunsee County , Geary County , Clay County, and Washington County .

history

Riley County was formed on August 25, 1855 and is one of the first 33 counties to be formed by the first Territorial Administration. It was named after Fort Riley . On May 30, 1879, the Irving tornado hit the county. It reached strength F4 on the Fujita scale , which corresponds to a wind speed of 333 to 419 km / h, and left a path of devastation around 700 m wide and 160 km long. 18 people died and 60 were injured.

30 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%
1860	1224	-
1870	5105	317.1%
1880	10,430	104.3%
1890	13,183	26.4%
1900	13,828	4.9%
1910	15,783	14.1%
1920	20,650	30.8%
1930	19,882	-3.7%
1940	20,617	3.7%
1950	33,405	62%
1960	41,914	25.5%
1970	56,788	35.5%
1980	63.505	11.8%
1990	67,139	5.7%
2000	62,843	-6.4%
2010	71,115	13.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Riley County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Riley County had 62,843 people in 22,137 households and 12,263 families in Riley County. The population density was 40 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 84.78 percent white, 6.88 percent African American, 0.63 percent Native American, 3.22 percent Asian, 0.17 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.89 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.43 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.57 percent of the population.

Of the 22,137 households, 27.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 46.2 percent were married couples living together, 6.8 percent were single mothers, and 44.6 percent were non-families. 27.5 percent of all households were single households and 6.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

18.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 34.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 13.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 7.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 114.3 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 115.4 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 32,042 , and the median income for a family is $ 46,489. Males had a median income of $ 26,856 versus $ 23,835 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,349. 8.5 percent of families and 20.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 485044. 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
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) . Retrieved April 2, 2012
^ Riley County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

39.113055555556 -96.628055555556Coordinates: 39 ° 7 ′ N , 96 ° 38 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 485044. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.

[4] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[6] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) . Retrieved April 2, 2012

[7] Riley County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .